Human Liver Organoids
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Project Lead
Professor Kumar Visvanathan
Project Details
We derive liver organoids from primary liver tissue of donors with hepatocellular carcinoma, to study the innate immune response and cytotoxicity towards tumour cells and hepatitis infected cells.
Researchers
Dr Julie Nigro
Ms Kerry Breheney
Ms Rachel Morris
Previous Researchers: Dr Rosemary Millen, Ms Jackie Yu
Collaborators
Dr Robert Ramsay
Professor Nicholas Shackel
Funding
Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis
St Vincent’s Hospital Research Endowment Fund
The CASS Foundation.