Nature

Nephron Endowment and Filtration Surface Area in the Kidney after Growth Restriction of Fetal Sheep

Studies were conducted on the fetuses of 15 Border Leicester X Merino ewes of known mating date. There were six control fetuses (all singletons), five fetuses that had undergone UPE to induce IUGR ...
Medical Xpress

Study introduces improved way to grow cells that give rise to kidney's filtration system

In a study published in Cell Stem Cell, USC scientists report significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells destined to form the kidney's filtration system, the ...
Medical Xpress

Kidney regeneration's missing step: How zebrafish hook new filters into old pipes

MDI Bio Lab scientists discovered how zebrafish solve a basic challenge in regenerative biology—insights in their newest publication in the journal Development could one day guide human repair. When ...
Science Daily

New and improved way to grow the cells that give rise to the kidney's filtration system

Scientists report significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells destined to form the kidney's filtration system, the nephrons. NPCs hold immense promise for ...