In addition, the findings may help guide emerging stem cell - directed technologies to generate
normal kidney structures for studying and treating human kidney disease.
An ultrasound study will be valuable in demonstrating how much
normal kidney structure remains.
Not exact matches
Using
normal kidney development as a roadmap, the BWH investigators developed an efficient method to create
kidney precursor cells that self assemble into
structures which mimic complex
structures of the
kidney.
«We have converted skin cells to stem cells and developed a highly efficient process to convert these stem cells into
kidney structures that resemble those found in a
normal human
kidney.
In a
normal animal, the cortices of the adrenal glands, small
structures located adjacent to the
kidneys, release hormones called glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids.