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It it meaningfully easier than growing livers for transplantation?
by MattGaiser 2y ago
It it meaningfully easier than growing livers for transplantation?
- thereisnospork 2y agoAlmost definitely: livers to implant need to be full sized and last years to decades. A test liver could be 1cm2, fit on a microscope slide, and have a two week shelf life. Not to mention that there is a much higher bar, ethically, regulatorily, and economically for testing a synthetic implantable liver vs a 'liver-on-a-chip'.