Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Britons first in the world grew artificial liver

British scientists first in the world grew under laboratory conditions from stem cells the artificial liver.

The technology, which was used with the creation of "minipecheni", by a size into the odnopensovuyu coin, will be developed further in order to create the normally functioning liver of standard size.

According to the scientists, this great reaching will once ensure physicians with all human organs, which can be used for the transplantation.

Researchers from the university of Newcastle created cloth from the blood, undertaken from the umbilical cords of babies.

Mini- organ can be used for checking the new medicines. Similar studies are capable of avoiding such negative consequences, which occurred recently with checking of one of the medicines. Furthermore, the use of the artificially grown liver will make it possible to substantially reduce the tests, conducted for animals.

For five years the small fragments of artificial cloth can be used for restoring the liver, which suffered as a result of injuries, injuries, diseases, destruction under the action of alcohol or as a result of the overdose of paracetamol.

According to the forecasts of experts, the first transplantation of the artificially grown liver can occur already into the next 15 years.

"one hundred million children yearly be born in entire peace, and this one hundred million different it is specific cloths; specifically, these children will provide with cloth me, you and any other person, who does not have its own cloth in the bank of cells ", note Colin makgukin, professor of regenerative medicine from the university of Newcastle.

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