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    How long does it take the liver to fully replace all the old cells, i.e., from what it is now to a whole new liver?

    Question #85160. Asked by deadlydalton. (Aug 30 07 9:01 PM)


    mctavish99

    		Within a week of removal of up to two thirds of the liver, it has grown back to basically the same mass as before surgery.

    http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/liver/regen.html

    Aug 31 07, 12:35 AM

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