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To: BenLurkin

The chief use of these will not be whole functional organs, but small proxy organs that can be used for testing drugs. In the future, before you go onto a prescription drug, they will create a mini-liver from your own cells, and test the drugs on your mini-liver first to see if your liver can tolerate it.


5 posted on 12/22/2019 8:38:41 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

This is an example of practical and very useful science.
I hope they continue to develop this. Better this proxy liver than having to use live animals, then ‘dispose’ of those animals after the experiments are completed.


13 posted on 12/22/2019 11:23:44 PM PST by lee martell
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