Liver repopulation for the treatment of metabolic diseases

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Orthotopic liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for several inborn errors of metabolism. Unfortunately, the supply of donor organs is limiting and therefore many patients cannot benefit from this therapy. In contrast, hepatocyte transplantation could potentially overcome the shortage in donor livers by use of cells from a single donor for multiple recipients. In classic hepatocyte transplantation,...

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