Growing Spare Livers
British scientists have grown a penny-sized liver from umbilical cord blood stem cells. Transplantable organs are still decades away, however, say researchers. In the short term, the mini-organs can be used for drug trials.
British scientists have grown a penny-sized liver from umbilical cord blood stem cells. Transplantable organs are still decades away, however, say researchers. In the short term, the mini-organs can be used for drug trials.