Pig Liver Tissue (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Pig Liver Tissue

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These pig liver tissue samples show the expression of proteins AKT and Beta-catenin two months after researchers administered gene therapy to the animal via ERCP. A team of Johns Hopkins researchers published an article this summer on using the endoscopic technique to deliver engineered genes to the liver through the common bile duct.

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