Rudimentary Liver Grown In a Dish 129
ananyo writes "Japanese scientists have coaxed stem cells into forming a 5-millimeter-long, three-dimensional tissue that the researchers labelled a liver bud — an early stage of liver development. The bud lacks bile ducts but has blood vessels, and when transplanted into a mouse, was able to metabolize some drugs that human livers metabolize but mouse livers normally cannot. The work is 'the first report demonstrating the creation of a human functional organ with vascular networks from pluripotent stem cells,' the team claims."
How does it taste? (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps with a side of fava beans?
Burn in Hell! (Score:5, Funny)
Burn in hell you cursed worshipers of Satan! This is solely the work of the Devil himself. This is evil at its darkest (until I need a liver transplant, at which time I will be more than happy to accept one).
Jackpot (Score:5, Funny)
Now I can start drinking again.
W.C. Fields (Score:5, Funny)
And now chronic drunks rejoice -- this bud's for you!
Re:Need bile ducts! (Score:5, Funny)
No problem, there's enough bile on /. to share with everyone. That's not even getting into the great bile reserves on fark, reddit, or even usenet.
Re:Jackpot (Score:5, Funny)
Now I can start drinking again.
"Japanese scientists have coaxed stem cells into forming a 5-millimeter-long, three-dimensional tissue that the researchers labelled a liver bud "
Very small drinks.
Re:Jackpot (Score:5, Funny)