For the first time the artificial liver has worked for 200 days
The group of the Japanese scientists informed that created from membranes of hepatic tissues artificial liver worked more than 200 days in an organism of the mouse.
The group of scientists headed by the senior lecturer of the Tokyo female medical university Kadzuo Ohasi managed to cultivate in the special container a hepatic tissue of the laboratory mouse. From the received tissues experts created membranes 1,18 inches in diameter, and 0,0008 inches thick.
After the creation of membranes researchers grafted them under a skin on a back of the mouse and later established, that membranes of an artificial liver could function, developing protein named albumin and dissolving medicines.
Scientists mark, that this is the first case in the world practice when the artificial liver, grafted to an animal, worked for such a long time.
According to senior lecturer Ohasi, membranes of hepatic tissue can help with treatment of various hepatic diseases. Therefore his group will continue researches and will focus their work on applying this method on people.