In the 20th June issue of Nature a piece of news has been reported by David Cyranoski that Japanese scientists under the guidance of a Stem Cell researcher Takebe have succeeded in inducing pluripotent cells to form functional liver tissue. Those who were present in the meeting where the announcement was made were skeptical about its use to replace damaged liver tissues in the near future because the regenerated liver bud was found to produce  only a small fraction of the albumin. The group who presented data in the meeting claimed that there has been procedural development since the abstract was published. At the next stage of their investigation the concerned researchers would try to generate the liver bud more liver-like characterized by the presence of bile ducts. The team says that the regenerated tissue is three dimensional thereby giving it advantages over simple cell-replacement therapies. The technique has another great advantage that the it could be used “for long-term replacement or short-term graft while the recipient waits for a suitable liver donor, or in cases in which doctors anticipate that the native liver will eventually regain its function.”