Therapy that turns lymph nodes into livers gets first human trial

Therapy that turns lymph nodes into livers gets first human trial
Science

Solution with the hepatocytes (liver cells) in suspension

LyGenesis

For the first time, a person has received an experimental treatment to transform one of their lymph nodes into a functioning miniature liver. We won’t know for months whether the therapy works, but if it does, it could revolutionise the treatment of liver disease.

“This is a technology that could, in just the next few years, potentially eliminate the wait list for liver transplants,” says Michael Hufford at LyGenesis, a biotechnology company in Pennsylvania.

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