Human Liver Diseases, Drug Testing Benefit From New Chimeric Mouse Model
Dec 6th 2007Drug InformationBiology
Cells cultured in the lab are like a fish out of water. Often, their behavior does not reflect their biological function within an entire organ or organism, which, for example, turns studying human liver cells into a big challenge.One way to get around the altered properties of the stranded cells is to populate mouse livers with human hepatocytes in the hope of creating a natural environment, which is exactly what researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies did. [click link for full article]
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