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 ...

Nephrons are the microscopic blood-filtering units inside our kidneys that convert waste products into urine, regulate our electrolyte levels and our blood pressure. Most of us are born with about 1 ...

Correct patterning and segmentation of nephrons during renal development is essential for proper nephron functioning, but current understanding of the pathways involved in regulating nephron ...

CINCINNATI--Nephrons are the microscopic blood-filtering units inside our kidneys that convert waste products into urine, regulate our electrolyte levels and our blood pressure. Most of us are born ...

Genetic and/or environmental perturbations during kidney development can alter the developmental processes that direct branching and nephron formation and could, hence, underlie congenital and ...

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 ...

Each human kidney is made up of about a million filtering units called nephrons. I aim to reveal the mechanisms behind a key stage of nephron development during which a structure known as an S-shaped ...

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 ...