http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/sci_tech/2001/glasgow_2001/newsid_
1522000/1522168.stm
"A research team at the University of Strathclyde has developed a new
technique that could help patients waiting for a liver transplant. The
researchers have worked out how to store living cells in a device capable of
being attached to the body to do the job of damaged tissue."
Pancreatic replacement or augmentation is also considered a possible
application.
-- Tim Maroney tim@maroney.org
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