Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a syndrome defined as persistent alterations in kidney structure, function or both with implications for the health of the individual 1,2. Examples of structural ...

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 ...

Scientists identify a possible therapeutic target to extend kidney development in preterm babies that would reduce the risk of kidney failure later in life. Study identifies possible therapeutic ...

Arriving early or late can have big consequences for early-stage cells that gather to form a new kidney, USC researchers discovered. The scientists showed how progenitor cells that form the kidney’s ...

Glucagon-sensitive adenylate cyclase [ATP pyrophosphate-lyase (cyclizing), EC 4.6.1.1] activity was measured in nine different portions of the rat nephron. Each sample contained a single piece of ...

In videos created by the Hughes Lab to visualize the process, adjacent nephrons form one after the other, as if they were following a beat. “It’s still a hypothesis,” adds Hughes, “but we think that ...

Kidney blockage home remedies: Kidney blockage is a serious health condition that occurs when there is an unusual blockage in the nephrons that prevents the urine from leaving the kidneys, which can ...

For most children with renal masses, the standard of care has long been to remove the entire affected kidney- which is the protocol for Wilms tumor, the most common kidney cancer in children. But is ...

A pair of USC Stem Cell mouse studies detail how progenitor cells self-renew, differentiate, and aggregate into early kidney structures, offering insights for the creation of stem cell-based ...

Perfectly punctual or fashionably late, it takes all kinds to build a kidney. So it is for stem cells building kidney tissue discovered timing is critical as the precise arrival of progenitor cells ...