Kidney development is a complex and tightly regulated process that establishes the organ’s unique architecture and function through intricate cellular interactions and spatial patterning. Central to ...

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 ...

Researches made major strides toward the creation of artificial kidney tissue by demonstrating an undiscovered mechanism behind kidney development and a novel technique for culturing kidney cells, ...

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 ...

"I find the development of the kidney to be a really beautiful process," says Hughes. Most people only ever see the organ in cross-section, through textbooks or by dissecting animal kidneys in high ...

More than half of people with advanced kidney disease develop heart problems.

Scientists have unveiled the most complete atlas of the human fetal kidney to date after examining the gene expression patterns of single cells from five fetal kidneys. Medical Xpress reported that ...

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More than half of people with advanced kidney disease develop cardiovascular problems. A new study finds that diseased kidneys release tiny particles that are toxic to the heart.

NIJMEGEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aiosyn, a pioneering medical software company specializing in AI-powered pathology solutions for cancer and kidney disease, announced the introduction of its ...

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 ...