Anticancer Drugs Treat Acute Liver Failure

The human liver has a remarkable ability to regenerate after moderate injury, but can’t self-repair after sudden, severe damage, which in western regions such as the U.S. is most commonly caused by either accidental or intentional paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose. In such cases of acute liver failure, recovery is unlikely and without a liver transplant the patient will almost inevitably die.Studies headed by a research team at the Cancer Research U.K. Beatson Institute and Medical Rese