21.   He took another contrarian step in suggesting that an important mechanism used by liver cells to store sugar might also work in the brain.

22.   Heart cells do not become liver cells, lung cells do not become brain cells.

23.   Hepatitis C can kill liver cells and cause scarring, called cirrhosis.

24.   In an attempt to screen out dangerous compounds early on, pharmaceuticals companies often test the effects of potential drugs on liver cells taken from cadavers.

25.   Neuman also found that the amino acid L-glutamine was helpful to liver cells grown in the laboratory.

26.   Others with liver failure have apparently been helped by circulating their blood through a dialysis-like device that contains pig liver cells.

27.   Patients in liver failure are having their blood circulated through pig liver cells.

28.   Steer and his colleagues last March published a report in the journal Nature Medicine on using the method to correct a mutant liver cell gene in rats.

29.   The herb stops liver cells from breaking down during chemotherapy treatments.

30.   The next step for the Vacanti team will be to show that their capillary networks can support other cells, such as liver cells.