Scientists Make Big Progress in Building Mini-Kidneys – “Essential Milestone Towards Building a Functional Organ”

Novel kidney organoid recapitulating the patterned distribution of principal cells (red) and intercalated cells (green) of an adult kidney’s collecting duct system. Credit: Zipeng Zeng/Li Lab The organoids, which resemble a kidney’s uretic buds, provide a way to study kidney disease that could lead to new treatments and regenerative approaches for patients. A team of [...]

Published June 19, 2021 at 05:17AM. Read full article at Stem Cells in the News Portal.