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Mini-kidneys grown in lab reveal renal disease secrets

02-Oct-2017

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PKD mini-kidneys grown in free-floating conditions formed hollow cysts that were very large.

The organoids are grown from human stem cells.

Polycystic kidney disease affects 12 million people.

VIDEO: Watch kidney organoids grow from human cells and form cysts.

The study was published in the Nature Materials journal.

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Benjamin Freedman

Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Kidney Research Institute

Institute conducting research that can improve the lives of those with kidney disease.

Nature Materials

Journal providing information from all areas of materials science and engineering.

Nelly Cruz

Research Scientist at University of Washington.

UW School of Medicine

The University of Washington School of Medicine - an institute of medical education

Topics mentioned on this page:
Regenerative Medicine, Kidney Disease