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Liver
Bone Marrow Stem Cell Slow Down Liver Damage
BBC News
September 26, 2007
Scientists have developed a new way to treat liver failure by dampening the immune response using stem cells taken from the bone marrow. Potentially a patient could be kept alive longer until a donor organ is found - and the liver would be given the maximum chance to repair itself.
Stem Cell's at the Heart of Bioartificial Liver
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
September 26, 2007
HepaLife Technologies, Inc announced significant early results of new in-vitro studies involving the Company's patented PICM-19 liver stem cells, which were placed inside its proprietary artificial liver device and were able to favorably produce urea and successfully remove ammonia, a highly toxic by-product which causes brain damage, coma, and even death.
Liver Regeneration Doubled with Adult Stem Cell Therapy
In The News
March 26, 2007
The latest issue of Radiology has highlighted the achievement of a team of German scientists who used adult bone marrow stem cells to regenerate human liver tissue. The procedure could facilitate surgery to remove any cancerous growth that previously would have been impossible if the cells can indeed enable patients to grow more healthy cells in the liver.
Human Liver Grown From Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
Daily Mail
October 31, 2006
In a breakthrough that will one day supply entire organs for transplants, British scientists have grown the world’s first artificial liver from stem cells. The tissue was created from blood taken from babies' umbilical cords just a few minutes after birth and the Newcastle University researchers called it a “Eureka moment”. Repairing livers damaged by disease, injury, alcohol abuse, and paracetamol overdose could be possible within the next 5 years.
Adult Stem Cell Research Provides Hope for Kidney, Liver Patients
LifeNews
September 6, 2006
With the prospect of providing new hope for patients afflicted with liver or kidney disease, Italian scientists have made a number of advances in adult stem cell research. Their breakthroughs could lead to novel treatments for kidney and liver disease as the team has identified kidney stem cells that help kidneys to repair themselves.
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