How to Quicken the Liver’s Self-Regeneration Process: A Mouse Study

The liver’s capacity for regeneration is well established. It can fully
regenerate even after having two-thirds of its bulk surgically removed. The
liver can, however, eventually become damaged due to pharmaceutical side
effects, alcohol addiction, or obesity.

Currently, liver transplantation is the only viable treatment for end-stage
liver disease.

There aren’t many organs available for transplantation, though. In the US,
patients may have to wait between 30 days and more than 5 years to receive
a liver transplant. Only a little over 9,200 of the over 11,600 patients
eligible for liver transplants in 2021 received one.