http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/scientists-turn-mouse-into-factory-for-human-liver-cells/ Advances in biological systems. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:29:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/scientists-turn-mouse-into-factory-for-human-liver-cells/#comment-81341 Drug Rehab Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:35:52 +0000 http://biosingularity.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/scientists-turn-mouse-into-factory-for-human-liver-cells/#comment-81341 One way to get around the altered properties of the stranded cells is to populate mouse livers with human hepatocytes in the hope of creating a natural environment, which is exactly what researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies did. They developed a simple system that allows them to transplant human hepatocytes into immunodeficientmice, which can now be used to test how drugs affect the liver. One way to get around the altered properties of the stranded cells is to populate mouse livers with human hepatocytes in the hope of creating a natural environment, which is exactly what researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies did. They developed a simple system that allows them to transplant human hepatocytes into immunodeficientmice, which can now be used to test how drugs affect the liver.

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