Artificial Liver

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Artificial Liver

An extracorporeal supportive device for a person with acute liver failure. Bioartificial livers are not intended as permanent replacements, but as stop-gaps while one is awaiting liver transplantation. The current generation devices contain hepatocytes embedded in a gel. The patient’s plasma is removed and circulated through the device and returned, minus the metabolic wastes produced by the body which are normally removed by a healthy liver

artificial liver

Biotech A cartridge with cloned human liver cells, through which blood flows to facilitate removal of waste products. See Extracorporeal liver assist device, Liver dialysis.

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biohybrid organ ELAD liver dialysis			developer of the first-of-its-kind artificial liver device, has announced significant early results of new in-vitro studies involving the company's patented PICM-19 liver stem cells, which were placed inside its proprietary artificial liver device and were able to favorably produce urea and successfully remove ammonia, a highly toxic by-product which causes brain damage, coma, and even death. HEPALIFE GETS POSITIVE RESULTS FOR BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER by Biotech Equipment Update Joseph Vacanti has spent more than 20 years working toward an artificial liver, experimenting with various types of support structures that might allow specialized cells such as hepatocytes (liver cells) to grow and function outside an actual organ. Boston Researchers One Step Closer to Artificial Liver by Transplant News It is seen as the first step in creating a fully artificial liver that can be used for transplants. Organ pulls out all the stops by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			artificial abortion artificial airway artificial airway management artificial ankylosis artificial anus artificial assists artificial blood artificial classification of caries artificial crown artificial daylight artificial dentition artificial eye artificial fever artificial genitourinary sphincter Artificial Heart artificial heart valve artificial homologous insemination artificial impregnation artificial insemination artificial insemination-donor artificial insemination-husband artificial intelligence artificial kidney artificial labor artificial limb Artificial Liver Artificial Lung artificial menopause Artificial Organ artificial organs artificial pacemaker Artificial Pancreas artificial pneumothorax artificial radioactivity artificial respiration artificial rupture of membranes artificial saliva artificial selection Artificial Skin artificial somnambulism artificial stone artificial tears Artificial Turf artificial ventilation artificially acquired immunity Artiodactyla artiodactylid Artionema ARTIST ARTISTIC Artistic Temperament			artificial life artificial life artificial life Artificial Life and Robotics Artificial Life Models for Musical Applications Artificial life support Artificial life support Artificial life support Artificial life support artificial life-support apparatus Artificial lifeform Artificial Lifeform Intended for Assassination and Sabotage Artificial lift Artificial Lift Research and Development Council Artificial light Artificial light Artificial light Artificial Light Harvesting Molecules Artificial limb Artificial limb Artificial limb Artificial limb Artificial Limb Production Unit Artificial Limbs Artificial Limbs Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation artificial line artificial line duct Artificial lines Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity Artificial Liver artificial load Artificial Lunar Satellites artificial lung Artificial Magnetic Conductor Artificial Mains Network artificial malachite Artificial Manual Breathing Unit artificial marble Artificial Mars Satellites artificial mating artificial mating artificial mating artificial mating Artificial Mechanical Heart Valve Artificial mediator accepting pyridine nucleotide oxidoreductase artificial menopause artificial milk artificial milk artificial milk artificial milk Artificial Models of Natural Intelligence artificial monument artificial moonlight Artificial mud Artificial mud Artificial Neo-Mitochondrion Creatures artificial neroli oil artificial nerve graft Artificial neural network Artificial neural network

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