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New source of liver cells
In vitro adult bone marrow stem cells can differentiate into hepatocytes.
Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020521-02
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Until recently, it was believed that hepatocytes could only be derived from cells of endodermal origin and their progenitors. But, in 15 May Journal of Clinical Investigation, Robert Schwartz and colleagues from University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, show that adult bone marrow stem cells can differentiate in vitro to cells exhibiting hepatocyte phenotype and function (J Clin Invest 2002, 109:1291-1302).
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