ABSTRACT
The
liver is the largest gland in our body and performs
a variety of tasks that impact all parts of the body, a
spongy mass of wedge-shaped lobes that has many metabolic and secretary
functions. The liver secretes bile,
a digestive fluid; metabolizes proteins, carbohydrates, and fats; stores
glycogen, vitamins, and other substances; synthesizes blood-clotting factors;
removes wastes and toxic matter from the blood.
As a result, liver disease has widespread
effects on virtually all other organ systems. The only treatment available for
liver failure is liver transplant surgery; but donor organs are difficult to
obtain, and the procedure, which is complex and expensive, is frequently
unsuccessful. Remarkably, the liver is the only organ that can regenerate
itself. Numerous attempts have been made over the past 30 years to develop a
technique to provide either partial or total metabolic support for the patient
with a failing
Liver.
The technical and clinical objective is to provide a temporary liver assist
until a patient's own liver regenerates or until a liver transplant can be
performed.
By
using a special technique of naturally available resources like animal cells
and synthetic membrane we are able to create
bio
artificial liver, which performs 90% of liver functions. It will be a boon for
those suffering from liver failure.
INTRODUCTION:
The only
treatment available for liver failure is liver transplant surgery; but donor
organs are difficult to obtain, and the procedure, which is expensive and
complex, is frequently unsuccessful.
A workable artificial
liver is desperately needed. Unlike the heart and the kidneys, the liver is
able to regenerate; many people who have suffered liver damage would survive if
they could be supported by an artificial liver until their own livers heal. The
device could also save the lives of hepatitis victims, and offer a means of
survival for the millions of people whose livers are in failure. And, an
artificial liver could support patients awaiting transplant surgery, or waiting
for a new donor organ after a transplant has failed.
It seemed that
developing an artificial liver would be impossible. The liver is an extremely
complex organ. It performs a variety of functions, and many of them are still
poorly understood. One science journalist speculated that the equipment needed
to simulate the functions of a single human liver would occupy a large office
building.
Here a
completely different approach to developing an artificial liver is used instead
of trying to design mountains of equipment to perform each of the liver's
functions, a device that uses liver cells obtained from animals. Because the
device contains both biological and manufactured components, it is called a
"bio-artificial liver." A patient's blood circulates through this
bio-artificial liver, where a unique synthetic membrane separates it from the
animal cells. The membrane prevents immunologic rejection of the cells, but
allows the cells to detoxify the blood in the same way as a natural liver.
Disposable units can be used for a series of brief treatments, as with kidney
dialysis. Already, the bio-artificial liver has saved the life of a man who was
dying of liver failure because cancer had blocked his bile duct.
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CONCLUSION:
As the indications for liver
transplantation have expanded and as donor organs have failed to keep pace, the
need for an artificial liver has become more critical. Given that the
regenerative capacity of the liver is practically unlimited, the liver can
usually recover sufficient function to sustain life if function can be
supported for a few weeks. If an artificial liver were routinely available,
many patients with liver failure might recover without liver transplantation.
In the end, bioartificial livers will probably be used as a bridge to
transplantation, to support patients with acute processes through the recovery
phase, and to improve quality of life for patients with chronic liver disease.
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