Hepatocyte Transplantation?

[123AF]

Hi Everyone,

Has anyone heard of Hepatocyte Transplantation? Is this a theory or something they are practicing? From what I can tell it is a cell transplant procedure but I can see any success stories.

Thanks in advance,

123AF

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Good morning,

This looks interesting but as far as I can gather , this is very much in the research stages at present.

I have included a summary from the the NHS Organ Donation and Transplant website:

When the liver is mildly or moderately injured or diseased, it can repair itself using ‘stem cells’. These cells are also known as hepatic progenitor cells. This study separates these cells from the liver and transplants them into mice who have major liver disease. If the cells start to repair the mice livers, then there is the potential to use these cells to treat humans with liver failure.

This would be the start of developing a transplant programme where only an injection of cells is given rather than the whole liver being replaced.

Best wishes,

Trust9