A Science First: Japanese Researchers Grow Human Liver Using Stem Cells

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So why is this research taking place in Japan? Shouldn't this be happening here in the US where we have the world's greatest healthcare system? I do hope they are successful though; success would mean tens of millions who develop severe liver disease would be able to live much longer.

 

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AOL.com Video - A Science First: Japanese Researchers Grow Human Liver Using Stem Cells

So why is this research taking place in Japan? Shouldn't this be happening here in the US where we have the world's greatest healthcare system? I do hope they are successful though; success would mean tens of millions who develop severe liver disease would be able to live much longer.

and consume a lot more Russian vodka.

 

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AOL.com Video - A Science First: Japanese Researchers Grow Human Liver Using Stem Cells

So why is this research taking place in Japan? Shouldn't this be happening here in the US where we have the world's greatest healthcare system? I do hope they are successful though; success would mean tens of millions who develop severe liver disease would be able to live much longer.

and consume a lot more Russian vodka.

Worldwide, alcohol is only a secondary cause of cirrhosis. Hepatitis B and C are the leading causes, and then there are a few other things that can cause cirrhosis. I have cirrhosis due to hemochromatosis. Wilson's Disease can also cause cirrhosis.

 

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AOL.com Video - A Science First: Japanese Researchers Grow Human Liver Using Stem Cells

So why is this research taking place in Japan? Shouldn't this be happening here in the US where we have the world's greatest healthcare system? I do hope they are successful though; success would mean tens of millions who develop severe liver disease would be able to live much longer.

and consume a lot more Russian vodka.

Worldwide, alcohol is only a secondary cause of cirrhosis. Hepatitis B and C are the leading causes, and then there are a few other things that can cause cirrhosis. I have cirrhosis due to hemochromatosis. Wilson's Disease can also cause cirrhosis.

Sounds a bit flaky to me.

Hiyooooooooooo!

 

[Katzndogz]

The liver was grown from skin cells. The Japanese are concentrating stem cell efforts on what works. In America we concentrate on embryonic stem cell research, not because it works, but because it has some periperal support for abortion.

 

[Political Junky]

Stem cells can heal a scarred heart, too, by replacing the scaring with healthy tissue. I assume a new heart can be grown as well.

 

[waltky]

First thing inna mornin' Granny has a cup o' coffee...

Coffee May Protect Against Liver Disease
May 20, 2013 - Coffee lovers have another reason to rejoice as a new study claims that regular consumption of the popular beverage can reduce the risk of a rare but serious liver disease.

According to research published by the Mayo Clinic, coffee intake can lower the chance of contracting primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease. The disease can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, liver failure and biliary cancer. "While rare, PSC has extremely detrimental effects," said the study’s author, Dr. Craig Lammert, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist. "We're always looking for ways to mitigate risk, and our first-time finding points to a novel environmental factor that also might help us to determine the cause of this and other devastating autoimmune diseases."

The study monitored three groups of people, those with PSC, those with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), another autoimmune liver disease, and a group of healthy patients. The data showed a reduced risk of PSC among coffee drinkers, but little effect on the PBC group. According to Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, a Mayo Clinic hepatologist and senior study author, the research also revealed more differences between PSC and PBC than originally thought. "Moving forward, we can look at what this finding might tell us about the causes of these diseases and how to better treat them," he said.

The findings were being presented at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla. Previous studies have shown some benefits to regular, moderate coffee intake. A study of coffee drinkers released late last year in Europe claimed moderate coffee intake could reduce the risk of diabetes by 25 percent, while a Swedish study claimed coffee reduced the risk of developing breast cancer.

Coffee May Protect Against Liver Disease

 

[LoneLaugher]

Good news.

Katz.....you suck.

 

[waltky]

Can GM pigs produce organs compatible with humans...

Researchers Investigate New Treatments for Leading Cancers
January 02, 2017 | WASHINGTON — Scientists are investigating new ways of treating people with liver cancer. The methods range from developing an artificial liver, to seeing if genetically-modified pigs can produce organs compatible with humans.

For those who have liver cancer, their only cure lies in a liver transplant or removal of the cancerous part of the organ. Both require major surgery. And, patients who get a transplant will need to take immuno-suppressant drugs for the rest of their lives. However, scientists are working on a new approach that is minimally invasive. With both chemotherapy and radiation, healthy cells around the tumor are damaged. But this approach involves the use of natural, non-toxic chemical compounds from plants.

Kattesh Katti, a professor at the University of Missouri School of Medicine, led a study that used nanotechnology to target and destroy precancerous tumor cells in the livers of mice and in in-vitro human cells. “It sounds like a fairy tale, but we are really in advanced stages in terms of tumor treatment, in terms of disease diagnostics," said Katti.

Researchers Investigate New Treatments for Leading Cancers​

Katti's work involved very small particles of gold encapsulated in a protective stabilizer from an acacia tree. The particles attract precancerous and malignant cells, which are far more susceptible to lower levels of heat than healthy cells. “The patient will be administered with these nano particles. Within a couple of hours, the patient will be treated with lasers, and then the patient can go home. So, there is no radioactivity. There is no toxic waste. There is no toxicity, systemic toxicity, to the patient,” said Katti.

Katti said the cost of treatment will be low because one gram of gold can be used to treat 50 patients, and what's more, Katti says this type of treatment could be used for other types of cancer, arthritis and other debilitating diseases. The next step is a clinical trial in humans. Should this technique work, it will be good news for the nearly 800,000 people who are diagnosed with liver cancer each year and it could help save the lives of some 700,000 people who die each year from the disease.

Researchers Investigate New Treatments for Leading Cancers

 

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AOL.com Video - A Science First: Japanese Researchers Grow Human Liver Using Stem Cells

So why is this research taking place in Japan? Shouldn't this be happening here in the US where we have the world's greatest healthcare system? I do hope they are successful though; success would mean tens of millions who develop severe liver disease would be able to live much longer.

Been 5 god damn years. So where are my fucking vat grow replacement organs?

 

[anotherlife]

This is terrible. Soon science will eliminate death altogether, and then everyone will be a slave forever. Great.