Specialized blood vessels jumpstart and sustain liver regeneration

Friday, November 12, 2010 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

The liver's unique ability among organs to regenerate itself has been little understood. Now Weill Cornell Medical College scientists have shed light on how the liver restores itself by demonstrating that endothelial cells -- the cells that form the lining of blood vessels -- play a key role.

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