Now there is a good news for patient suffering from acute liver failure, as Iranian scientists has successfully converted bone marrow stem cells into healthy liver cells using 3- dimensional nano structure.

Study team leader Somayyeh Kazem Nejad says that, in past also many attempts for converting stem cells into liver cells were made, but due to the two-dimensional structure for the stem cell growth, the attempts failed. Now we have done the attempt in a different ground of three dimensional structure.

This time we wanted to do the experiment in three dimensional environment. And as thought we extracted mesenchymal cells from bone marrow and cultured them on a 3-dimensional nano structure which provides a stronger and more resistant environment for stem cell growth. And we got success.

These liver cells which are grown from the stem cell are so capable that they can even secrete liver enzymes of their own.

He believes that although this finding is still in its animal phase but soon it will clear all the bindings and will prove itself as an optimistic experiment for all the patients suffering from liver ailment.

Source: http://www.presstv.ir/