Scientists Fabricate Rudimentary Human Livers

Researchers in Japan have used human stem cells to create tiny human livers like those that arise early in fetal life. When the scientists transplanted the rudimentary livers into mice, the little organs grew, made human liver proteins, and metabolized drugs as human livers do.

By GINA KOLATA

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/health/scientists-fabricate-rudimentary-human-livers.html?hp&_r=0