Perfectly punctual or fashionably late, it takes all kinds to build a kidney. So it is for stem cells building kidney tissue discovered timing is critical as the precise arrival of progenitor cells ...

In videos created by the Hughes Lab to visualize the process, adjacent nephrons form one after the other, as if they were following a beat. “It’s still a hypothesis,” adds Hughes, “but we think that ...

A pair of USC Stem Cell mouse studies detail how progenitor cells self-renew, differentiate, and aggregate into early kidney structures, offering insights for the creation of stem cell-based ...

Using pig kidneys wiped clean of all animal cells save for their basic organ structure, scientists have successfully built support "scaffolding" they believe can offer the framework from which to ...

Using 3-D printing, scientists have created tiny, intricate tubes that work like key components of real kidneys. Many more steps are needed before they can make artificial kidney replacement parts, ...

Arriving early or late can have big consequences for early-stage cells that gather to form a new kidney, USC researchers discovered. The scientists showed how progenitor cells that form the kidney’s ...