RACT ifferentiation and Transplantation of Human Embryonic Stem ell – Derived Hepatocytes

ESHAM BASMA,* ALEJANDRO SOTO–GUTIÉRREZ, GOVARDHANA RAO YANNAM,* LIPING LIU,* RYOTARO ITO,* OSHIYUKI YAMAMOTO,* EWA ELLIS, STEVEN D. CARSON, SHINTARO SATO, YONG CHEN, DAVID MUIRHEAD, ALU NAVARRO–ÁLVAREZ, RONALD J. WONG, JAYANTA ROY–CHOWDHURY,** JEFFREY L. PLATT, AVID F. MERCER,* JOHN D. MILLER,* STEPHEN C. STROM, NAOYA KOBAYASHI, and IRA J. FOX* Department of Surgery, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Department of Surgery, Okayama niversity Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Shikata-cho, Okayama, Japan; Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, ittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine (Hepatology Division), **Department of Genetics, Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of # ‡‡ edicine, Bronx, New York; Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; and the Department of Surgery, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan