Research could solve donor liver shortage

Research from Curtin University could see bio-engineered liver tissue used instead of donor tissue for liver transplants.

The research aims to address the increasing burden of liver disease and shortage of donor organs occurring in all Western countries.

Dr Nina Tirnitz-Parker, research fellow at Curtin’s School of Biomedical Sciences, has spent the past eight years developing a method of bio-engineering liver cells, or hepatocytes, to replace tissue lost to disease or injury.

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