can the human liver regenerate?

Answer 1

Human liver transplant was first performed by Thomas Starzl in USA and Roy Calne in England in 1963 and 1965 respectively. Liver transplantation is the only option for those with irreversible liver failure. Most transplants are done for chronic liver diseases leading to cirrhosis, such as chronic hepatitis C, alcoholism, autoimmune hepatitis, and many others. Less commonly, liver transplantation is done for fulminant hepatic failure, in which liver failure occurs over days to weeks. Liver allografts for transplant usually come from non-living donors who have died from fatal brain injury. Living donor liver transplantation is a technique in which a portion of a living person's liver is removed and used to replace the entire liver of the recipient. This was first performed in 1989 for pediatric liver transplantation. Only 20% of an adult's liver (Couinaud segments 2 and 3) is needed to serve as a liver allograft for an infant or small child. More recently, adult-to-adult liver transplantation has been done using the donor's right hepatic lobe which amounts to 60% of the liver. Due to the ability of the liver to regenerate, both the donor and recipient end up with normal liver function if all goes well.

Answer 2

I love how people feel free toanswer questions because some one in their family is a doctor.

The first answer is the best. Yes the liver has a huge capacity to regenerate. There has to be a lot of damage for it not to be able to do so. Most liver transplants take place because the person's liver has an ongoing insult like hepatitis which keeps it from ever being free to regenrate.

No the liver is most defintiely not made up of mostly fat cells, (geesh I think some people get their info off the back of their cereal box).

Answer 3

Yes it can but with restrictions: the human liver is devided in 4 parts anathomically. The cells of each part of the liver can regenerate but only that particular part of the liver. There is no way of regenerating a whole human liver from just one cell.
And more, fibrosis and cirrosis can truly hamper regenaration, at the point that necrosis starts, and the patient is screwed.

Answer 4

yes actually it can regenerate. usually the doctors will take out the worst ahlf of your liver and let it regenerate
or if your liver is completly desroyed then they will take half of someone elses liver and put it in you to fix it and the livers will regenrate in both people the only problem is that you also have to have matching blood types otherwise your body will reject the liver and then it will destory it unless you are able to get one that has the same blood type so the doctors performn a whole bunch of tests before they can do the liuver transplant.

Answer 5

The human liver is one of the few tissues that actually can regenerate successfully. This depends on the remaining liver tissue being healthy and not having lost more than around 70% of the original liver mass.

Answer 6

Yes it can, remarkably so, this is the reason that in liver transplants, it is only necessary to implant one liver lobe into the patient, the rest will regenerate. The liver is a special type of tissue. It usually has a very slow cell cycle, but when it is injured it can quickly recover lost cells.

Answer 7

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can the human liver regenerate?

Answer 8

Not if it's gone completely, but it can regenerate to a degree from a damaged portion. Even portions of another person's liver implanted in a patient can begin to regenerate and function.

Answer 9

yes if it is not too far gone. Many medications cause liver damage but the liver can regenerate as long as you are not drinking while you are taking a medication. People who do not drink have a lot more forgiveness than people who do.

Answer 10

Interesting question (if you do speak to your vet about this, I'd be interested in his answer). For sure it can in a human, depending on how far advanced the liver disease is, I think. Whether this is the same with dogs, I don't know. I do know that kidney disease is end game - but normally you don't see the signs until the kidneys are pretty well shot. Maybe it's not as likely in a dog as it might be in a human, because we don't catch it early enough. You say 'very early stages', so perhaps there is hope for your dog. Although he is getting up there in age, Jackies can live well into their teens (15+) so with diet etc., it may be possible to keep him going for some time yet Add Julissa, could you please add your source, when you (obviously) make quotes on here?