How long does it take a human liver to completely regenerate itself?

Subject: How long does it take a human liver to completely regenerate itself?

Date: Wed Jan 28 18:21:30 2004
Posted by nicolas
Grade level: teacher/prof School: n/a
City: los angeles State/Province: ca Country: usa
Area of science: Anatomy
ID: 1075335690.An

Message:


Since liver cells are quiescent or stable cells, how long would it take for a 
human  liver to completely regenerate itself?  That is, if we could 
hypothetically tag each liver cell (parenchymal and hepatocyte) with a 
radioisotope, how long before we see no more radiological activity?  Or how 
long until we are dealing with a completely different liver, cellularly 
speaking?

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