In addition, the findings may help guide emerging stem cell - directed technologies to generate normal kidney structures for studying and treating human kidney disease. (sciencedaily.com)
«Investigators create complex kidney structures from human stem cells derived from adults: New technique offers model for studying disease, progress toward cell therapy.» (sciencedaily.com)
Research in the laboratory of Rebecca Wingert, the Gallagher Family Associate Professor of Adult Stem Cell Research in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has confirmed the key role of a certain small molecule in the development of kidney structures in zebrafish, a widely used model for human kidneys. (sciencedaily.com)