Kindling the Kidney

N Engl J Med. 2016 Jan 21;374(3):281-3. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcibr1514351.

Abstract

Investigators have generated kidney-like organoids - complete with nephrons, collecting ducts, stroma, and vasculature - from induced pluripotent stem cells.

MeSH terms

  • Drug Evaluation / methods
  • Humans
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / cytology*
  • Nephrons / cytology*
  • Organogenesis
  • Organoids / cytology*
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / therapy
  • Tissue Culture Techniques