Researchers have managed to convert skin from individuals with metabolic diseases into liver cells using stem cell technology, according to an article published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. This research will allow scientists to determine precisely what is happening in a diseased liver cell, then try out potential treatments. The scientists say that eventually properly functioning liver calls might be transplanted into patients with liver diseases…

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