A study has been carried out by a group of researchers from the Second Military Medical University. As per the study, hepatic stem cells can prove beneficial when it comes to the cure of last stage liver diseases.
Hepatic stem cells are produced by patient's own cells. The study, which has been published in the Cell Stem Cell Journal, has found if hepatic cells are repopulated in patient's body then terminal stage of patient can be cured.
The study titled as Reprogramming Fibroblasts into Bipotential Hepatic Stem Cells by Defined Factors has also unveiled there are a number of liver diseases that can be treated through the same manner.
The study was funded by the Chinese government. Lead researcher Prof. Hu Yiping was of the view that was in 1990s that they started carrying out research on hepatic stem cells.
Prof. Yiping said his main aim of carrying out the study was to know more about the link between the cells and liver diseases. While carrying out the study, he realized that hepatic cells can be used as a novel treatment for terminal stage liver illnesses.
The realization was then experiment on mice and the study continued for four years.
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