AdvertisementScientists Grow A Simple, Human Liver In A Petri DishJuly 03, 2013Michaeleen DoucleffRob SteinfacebookEmail"Liver buds" grow in petri dishes. The rudimentary organs are about 5 mm wide, or half the height of a classic Lego block. (Courtesy of Takanori Takebe/Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine)