Liver implant gives boy 'another chance of life' (BBC)

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By Fergus Walsh
Medical correspondent, BBC News

Doctors in London say they have cured a baby boy of a life-threatening disease which was destroying his liver.

They implanted cells which acted like a temporary liver, allowing the damaged organ to recover.

The team at King's College Hospital in south London say the technique is a world first.

Eight-month-old Iyaad Syed now looks the picture of health - but six months ago he was close to death. A virus had damaged his liver causing it to fail.

Instead of going on a waiting list for a transplant, doctors injected donor liver cells into his abdomen.
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