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n clearly contained a male Y chromosome-and so must have been derived from the implanted bone marrow.

"The question of whether there is a liver stem cell has been lingering," says Hyam Leffert of the University of California, San Diego, an expert on liver regeneration. "It's an interesting finding."

The Pittsburgh researchers hope that bone marrow stem cells could be used to grow new liver tissue for patients with cirrhosis. Many groups worldwide are already trying to do this using cultures of dividing hepatocytes.


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28-Apr-1999


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