Dieser Zellbeutel könnte im Menschen neue Lebern hervorbringen
https://www.wired.com/story/cells-grow-liver-inside-patient/
Dieser Zellbeutel könnte im Menschen neue Lebern hervorbringen
https://www.wired.com/story/cells-grow-liver-inside-patient/
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By Emily Mullin
For the first time, scientists are attempting to grow a new, miniature liver inside of a person. It sounds like science fiction; in fact, the idea was the plot of a Grey’s Anatomy episode that aired in 2018. Now, biotech company LyGenesis is trying to turn the concept into reality.
Today, LyGenesis announced that an initial volunteer has received an injection of donor cells to turn one of their lymph nodes into a second liver. The procedure was carried out in Houston on March 25 as part of a clinical trial that will test the experimental treatment in 12 adults with end-stage liver disease.
About 10,000 people in the United States are on the transplant list for a liver, and many will wait months or years to get one. That number doesn’t include those who need a new liver but don’t qualify for a transplant because of other health problems.
Read the full WIRED story here: https://www.wired.com/story/cells-grow-liver-inside-patient/
>Because there are so many [lymph nodes] throughout the body—500 to 600 in adults—repurposing one [by turning it into a new liver] shouldn’t affect how the rest do their job.
It’s going to be interesting to see if that holds true under all/most cases.
What I want to know … Is there a practical or healthy limit on the number of livers someone could have?
Just in time! I’m pretty much finished with my current one.