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A human hepatocyte factory

Nature Biotechnology volume 25, pages 871–872 (2007)Cite this article

A new mouse model allows mass production of human hepatocytes.

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Figure 1: The FRG mouse as a human hepatocyte factory.

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  1. David A. Shafritz is at the Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, USA. shafritz@aecom.yu.edu,

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