Word: liverance
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...Obara's women would awaken 24 or even 48 hours later, sick and disoriented from the drugs. Chloroform is toxic to the liver and can be fatal. Each of the women recounted waking up vomiting, being unable to stand, crawling on her hands and knees to the bathroom. Few had any idea what had happened. Obara would sometimes dress them back in their own clothes before they regained consciousness. Then, he would always have a story. He told one woman: "You are such a fun girl. You drank an entire bottle of vodka." He told another there had been...
Pyridine, a clear liquid that evaporates easily and can cause liver damage, was spilled in a refrigerator...
...that reminded medieval Europeans of the blood of John the Baptist. Valued for its magical healing powers, St. John's wort (a Middle English word for "plant"), as the shrub is commonly called, has been used since the time of ancient Greece for treating any number of ailments, from liver and bowel disorders to hysteria, obesity and insomnia...
...Even taste sensations can travel through the brain and loop back to muscles. Tasting a nutrient, he says, stimulates an area of the brain responsible for muscle reflexes, so that a patient with a liver condition can swirl bile salts on his tongue and feel his pectorals strengthen...
Unfortunately, these particular stem cells are already partly specialized, so they might not help Frack's hardened arteries or the insulin-producing cells in his pancreas (though other types of stem cells might). But in principle, he could mine his love handles for cells to repair his damaged liver, to replenish blood cells lost to disease, to fix a damaged heart or to repair missing or deteriorating cartilage. And because the cells would be drawn from his own body, Frack wouldn't have to worry about having his immune system reject them...