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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Transl Med. 2014 Jul 16;6(245):245sr2. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3005975

Figure 3. Organ transplantation and cell-based therapies.

Figure 3

Currently, liver transplantation is the primary treatment for liver failure and the only therapy shown to improve survival in patients with liver failure. Due to the limited number of livers suitable for transplantation, advanced surgical procedures including split liver and partial donor transplants have been pursued clinically. Additionally, a diverse range of cell-based therapies are currently being explored to treat liver disease and liver failure. These include the transplantation of various adult and stem cell-derived cell populations, the development of extracorporeal bioartificial liver devices, and the implantation of engineered tissues.