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It will probably be awhile before this or any drug treatment for cirrhosis becomes available. In the meantime, try to eat well. Silymarin (milk thistle extract) can also help to protect the liver from further damage, and BCAA's (branched chain amino acids) and whey based supplements as used by bodybuilders can help prevent muscle wasting. Red meats,
salt, and excess vitamin A should be avoided.

Sulfasalazine, a drug commonly used for Crohn's disease, has been tried with some success in reversing cirrhosis. Stronger analogues have also been synthesized and are under investigation. Such experimental drug regimes always require close medical supervision and monitoring and may also carry some grave risks including death, but for those with advanced cirrhosis and little or no chance of a transplant, they may be an option. Small interfering RNA (si-RNA) is also under study. The research is very promising as mechanisms for potential reversal of the disease are now being discovered, but from research to market typically takes many years.

For anyone desperately trying to save a loved one please be careful and don't get scammed by false claims for miracle cures. There are at this time no drugs or herbal remedies known to cure cirrhosis. Although some may be helpful, many will do more harm than good. I would know. I've worked for a few international pharmaceutical companies. I'm an organic chemistry, biochem, herb and nutrition nut and I've spent
years looking for a cure. The love of my life is still dying of cirrhosis and I would do anything to help, but all I can do is pray.

Of course we may yet discover some other natural-source protein(s) that have the same effects in humans as the mutated protein successfully used in mice to reverse cirrhosis. Who knows? God is great. Keep the Faith.

Namaste.