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Pure Maple Syrup stars for Liver Health
Recent research revealed that Pure Maple Syrup may be beneficial to your health. According to a recent research conducted by Dr. Keiko Abe from the University of Tokyo, there might be a surprising way of keeping your liver healthy - usage of pure maple syrup in your diet. According to this study, Pure maple syrup may promote a healthy liver. Additionally, a research conducted before this one, at University of Rhode Island, found more than 20 compounds in maple syrup that have been linked to human health. So we are not talking about just liver now, but pure maple syrup can be good for the entire human body. This research was conducted by medicinal plant research specialist Navindra Seeram. So, Pure Maple Syrup is good for your liver.

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US scientists obtain stem cells from liver



Washington, June 19 (DPA) US scientists have obtained stem cells from the liver of a human foetus.

The cells proved functional when tested on animals. They replaced damaged liver cell tissue in rodents thus alleviating fatal liver damage.

The team, led by Nelson Fausto at the University of Washington in Seattle, recently presented its results in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Cells from the human liver do not differ from other stem cells, the results showed. But they are able to renew themselves repeatedly. Apart from that, they can distinguish between different types of cells such as fat, bone, cartilage or gallbladder cells and can take on their functions.

Fausto and his colleagues believe to have found a 'valuable instrument to study the development, disease and reconstitution of the human liver'.



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