Barnstormer, OCA will likely decrease liver transplant demand.
Right now it can help up to 12% of the population. I looked up studies on OCA for alcohol induced liver cirrhosis, and it is effective there as well.
If you consider that Gilead and PCYC recently created extremely effective treatments for Hepatitis C, the demand for liver transplants will decrease further.
The world is changing fast. Organovo is already growing livers that can be used for testing new drugs….one day they will be good enough to use in transplants (since they are derived from autologous cells).
Like NWBO's DCVAX- Direct, these new treatments will continue to reduce the need for surgery.
(If the populace also remembers not to take too much acetaminophen and/or alcohol all at once, the combined effect with the above 'inventions' will reduce liver transplants to a very manageable number.)
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