Growing liver tissue directly in the body could ease donor organ shortage

medicalxpress - In patients developing end-stage liver disease, the damage has become too severe for the liver's normally extraordinary regenerative capacity to repair or compensate for it. Once this "point of no return" has been reached, the only option is an organ tran…

AI Summary: Scientists report a technique to grow liver tissue directly inside the body as a potential solution to donor organ shortages, demonstrating functional hepatic tissue formation in preclinical or early clinical models. The promising results have been followed by an editorial expression of concern over methodology and data, prompting calls for independent validation before wider clinical use.

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