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The AJT Report: News and issues that affect organ and tissue transplantation
Author(s) -
Pondrom Sue
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12201
Subject(s) - medicine , organ transplantation , affect (linguistics) , transplantation , intensive care medicine , pathology , surgery , linguistics , philosophy
Nearly 40 years after hepatocyte transplantation was first used to treat an enzyme deficiency in animal studies, the potential therapeutic use of the hepatic cells still hasn't been fully realized. This month, “The AJT Report” takes a look at current efforts under way, along with the challenges researchers face. We also review new data on declining donor liver quality.