Create liver cells from subcutaneous fat

Scientists from Japan's Cancer Research Institute and International Medical Center have successfully created liver cells from subcutaneous fat, which can open a new way to help restore human liver in the future. .

According to the daily Yomiuri Shimbun daily (7-1), scientists took the subcutaneous fat of 7 patients, 5 grams each, and from these adipose tissue, they extracted some tissue germ cells. Between. These germ cells are thought to be able to transform into other cells and form different tissues or organs.

The researchers added three proteins to help these germ cells grow and incubate them for about 40 days, before all the cells become liver cells.

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During the time the cells were incubated, they found that there were at least 14 proteins and drug-metabolizing enzymes - which were only produced in the human liver. They injected about 1 million of these cells into laboratory mice with liver problems and found their ammonia levels back to normal.

This finding may open a new way to help restore the human liver in the future. However, to be able to put this finding into clinical applications, researchers have to find a way to mass produce these liver cells.

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