title: Liver in a dish.
abstract: There exists a worldwide shortage of donor livers for transplant. This may not pose a problem in the future, as Takebe et al. have recently grown functional "liver buds" from stem cells in a dish.
authors: Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Sherman Fairchild Biochemistry Bldg 153, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors: Qiurong
authors: Q
authors: Ding
authors: Chad A
authors: CA
authors: Cowan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D057026:Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology*; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000379:methods*
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