This Review describes advances in artificial and bioartificial liver support systems and current developments. The evolving field of hepatocyte transplantation as a less invasive alternative to whole-organ transplantation is also reviewed, and a detailed overview of cutting-edge hepatic tissue engineering is included. Challenges and opportunities of the different approaches are analysed with respect to clinical relevance, as well as basic science concerns.
- Benjamin Struecker
- Nathanael Raschzok
- Igor M. Sauer