‘Humanised’ liver in mice may help treat chronic diseases, researchers say

Researchers say liver disease has been difficult to study in animal models, with the livers of mice, for instance, performing functions different from those of humans.

Chronic liver diseases affect more than 1.5 billion people worldwide (Lynne Cameron/PA)

Scientists have created a functional human-like liver in living mice that could help find ways to regulate cholesterol levels and potentially treat chronic liver diseases.

Alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease, cancer, viral hepatitis, fibrosis and cancer affect more than 1.5 billion people worldwide.