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fromJezebel
9 hours ago
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Science Has Figured Out How to Give You a Bonus Liver

Injectable cell bundles that replicate liver function could reduce transplant waiting list deaths by providing a minimally invasive alternative to organ transplantation.
fromTheregister
2 days ago
Medicine

MIT researchers test injectable 'satellite liver' in mice

MIT researchers developed an injectable 'satellite liver' using hepatocytes and hydrogel microspheres that successfully restored liver function in mice for eight weeks without requiring surgery.
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fromTheregister
2 days ago

MIT researchers test injectable 'satellite liver' in mice

MIT researchers developed an injectable 'satellite liver' using hepatocytes and hydrogel microspheres that successfully restored liver function in mice for eight weeks without requiring surgery.
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fromwww.cbc.ca
4 months ago

This woman had to campaign to find a liver donor. Transplant docs say there should be a better way | CBC Radio

It's pretty unusual in the medical system for a patient to be tasked with finding their own cure. But that's what happened to Stephanie Azzarello in 2023 when she was told she needed a liver transplant or she would die. Azzarello has primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare chronic liver disease that causes damage to the bile ducts and the liver.
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