Within its Urology business, the Company sells a range of products designed to treat patients with urinary stone disease and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). (reuters.com)
Although nanobacteria may not cause kidney stone disease, Coe notes additional circumstantial evidence: At least four teams have reported tiny spherical deposits in the calcified plaques that often appear in the kidneys of patients who suffer from kidney stones. (sciencemag.org)
Also, they tend to form in the kidneys in humans and bladder in canines, so it may be risky to draw too many conclusions about calcium oxalate stone disease processes from human studies. (mscc.ca)