Human liver organoids offer a path to new anti-fibrotic therapies (IMAGE)

Institute of Science Tokyo

Human liver organoids offer a path to new anti-fibrotic therapies

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Using human induced pluripotent stem cells, researchers have built a miniature 3D liver model that replicates the critical interaction between hepatocytes and stellate cells.

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Institute of Science Tokyo

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