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January 1, 2021
Podocytes play an important role in maintaining the function of the glomerulus, and their loss or dysfunction contribute to the initiation and progression of kidney disease. The tissue interface consisting of podocytes and fenestrated endothelial cells con ...
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January 1, 2021
Human pluripotent stem cells hold tremendous promise for understanding tissue development and disease mechanisms, and for in vitro modeling of organ function. However, the use of stem cells to model and understand human kidney development had remained elus ...
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January 2015
The ultimate goal of most biomedical research is to gain greater insight into mechanisms of human disease or to develop new and improved therapies or diagnostics. Although great advances have been made in terms of developing disease models in animals, such ...
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