Chronic or acute, liver failure can be deadly. Toxins take over, the skin turns yellow and higher brain function slows. “There is no effective therapy at the moment to deal with the toxins that build up in your body,” said Neil Talbot, a Research Animal Scientist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service. “Their only option now is to transplant a liver.”Read more at http://scienceblog.com/60677/swine-cells-could-power-artificial-liver/#dCJhiOZMGaPjxEkG.99