Identification of expandable human hepatic progenitors which differentiate into mature hepatic cells in vivo

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BACKGROUND: Liver diseases include a wide spectrum of both acute and chronic conditions which are associated with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Hepatocyte transplantation has therapeutic potential in the treatment of liver diseases, but its clinical use is hampered by the lack of donor tissue. Generation of hepatocytes in vitro from adult or fetal liver cell progenitors or, alternatively,...

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