Renal hypoplasia, defined as abnormally small kidneys with normal morphology and reduced nephron number, is a common cause of pediatric renal failure and adult-onset disease. Genetic studies ...

(a) Kidney organoids with nephron structure scalable produced in UniMat. (b) Kidney organoid with vascular structures. (c) Establishment of polycistic kidney disease (PKD) and drug testing models ...

And so, the extra glucose in your bloodstream damages the glomerular membranes as well as other parts of the nephron. Also known as diabetes-related kidney disease, nephropathy causes kidney ...

Each kidney contains over one million microscopic filtering units called nephrons. Each nephron is made of a tubule and is responsible for 'cleaning' the blood by removing urea and excess water ...

The watch still runs. More information: Louis S. Prahl et al, Jamming of nephron-forming niches in the developing mouse ...

The 12th workshop will be held from May 12 - 16, 2025 focusing on hands-on whole kidney and single nephron function analysis and models of acute and chronic kidney disease. Please contact Dr. Volker ...

Patients with an anatomically or functionally solitary kidney, for example because of unilateral renal agenesis, previous contralateral nephrectomy or irreversible impairment of contralateral ...

The team suggested the possibility of nephron reduction, the structures in kidneys responsible for filtering waste in the blood and producing urine. Among 102 patients who underwent kidney ...

Adults with type 1 diabetes who partake in weight cycling and repeatedly lose and regain body weight are more likely to develop diabetic kidney disease, researchers reported in The Journal of Clinical ...