Each human kidney has about 1 to 2 million filtering units called nephrons that help purify our blood and remove waste ...

Sep. 18, 2024 — A team developed a human iPS cell-derived kidney organoid-based proximal tubule-on-chip -- OPTECs-on-Chip -- that mimics in vivo renal physiology more closely than ever before.

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cysts derived from proximal tubules, but not those derived from distal tubules, contained increased concentrations of bioactive erythropoietin. [20] Since hydronephrosis is more common than ...

in which small tumours of mesenchymal origin secrete one or more phosphaturic substances or phosphatonins that inhibit reabsorption of phosphate from the proximal renal tubule and result in abnormal ...

Students will be provided the opportunity for in-depth independent undergraduate research to study signal transduction mechanisms controlling the growth and differentiation of cultured kidney tubule ...