I really hope this works out in the future. My neighbor's child has had a liver transplant. If she could have a transplant using her own cells, she would no longer have to live on anti-rejection medication. I pray for the continued success of this research.

Nobody, especially a child, should have to live on medication for the rest of their lives just to prevent their bodies from rejecting an organ.

Great news! I had a liver transplant myself at the VCU Medical Center, Richmond Virginia, three years ago. I first thought I wasn't going to make it but I'm just in great condition/shape. They have the best liver transplant team on the WORLD. Thanks to the Veterans Affairs and the hospital staff, I'm still around.

But it's true, I have to take medications for the rest of my life. If this new study works for humans, that will represent a great medical accomplishment for people who needs this type of surgery. Good luck and God bless you all.

This is another encouraging advance with the use of induced plutipotent stem cells. Ten years ago, people seemed convinced that only embryonic stem cells show promise, but these other, less controversial approaches are bearing the fruit. Not mentioned by the story was good, old-fashioned adult stem cells, which are not as pluripotent, but this is not a problem, because our bodies contain so many different KINDS of adult stem cells that scientists can use different adult stem cells for different functions.

If this works for the liver than it makes sense that it will also work for the kidney as well..therefore eliminating costly transplants and medications. I can only hope that it will be really soon being that i am on the transplant waiting list right now. Being on dialysis is a blessing considering i would be dead if i were born before it was invented ..but it still SUCKS to go through everyday!