The Amazing Ability of the Liver to Rejuvenate Itself

In a lecture presented in 2003, D. Gary Young gave this report to illustrate the importance of unburdening the liver:

In 1999, a group of English and German doctors, working together in a lab in Birmingham, UK, had perfected an artificial liver.  It weighed only 5 oz — compared to the 2.8-3.5 lbs of a normal, adult liver.  It would perform all the functions of the human liver, including producing bile.

Here is how they did it: They took 3 oz of human liver cells and cultured them in the laboratory.  They had designed a titanium ring that had a device inside that directed the flow and filtering of blood, and the secretions of bile and enzymes.  This titanium ring was then inserted into the cultured liver cells.

In 2000, they performed the first liver transplant using this creation.

This artificial liver proved itself to be so effective that, as of 2002, patients who were in line for liver transplants were having their livers disconnected and having this artificial liver implanted.  The results: In 3-6 months, their livers, which had been so totally degenerated that they were going to be removed and replaced, were completely regenerated into perfectly healthy, normal livers.

The doctors were then able to remove the artificial livers, reconnect the natural liver, and the patients were off to the races with a healthy liver.

This has really profound significance.

It is so exciting.

This study demonstrates that the human liver has the ability to totally rejuvenate itself in 90 days. All we have to do is to unburden it.