{"id":3511,"date":"2021-08-18T08:55:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2021-08-18T08:55:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:55:51","slug":"usc-stem-cell-scientists-make-big-progress-in-building-mini-kidneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2021\/08\/18\/usc-stem-cell-scientists-make-big-progress-in-building-mini-kidneys\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Stem Cell scientists make big progress in building mini-kidneys"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3511\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;A team of scientists at the\u00a0Keck School of Medicine of USC\u00a0has created what could be a key building block for assembling a synthetic kidney. In\u00a0a new study in\u00a0<em>Nature Communications<\/em>,\u00a0Zhongwei Li\u00a0and his colleagues describe how they can generate rudimentary kidney structures, known as organoids, that resemble the collecting duct system that helps maintain the body\u2019s fluid and pH balance by concentrating and transporting urine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur progress in creating new types of kidney organoids provides powerful tools for not only understanding development and disease, but also finding new treatments and regenerative approaches for patients,\u201d said Li, the study\u2019s corresponding author and an assistant professor of medicine, and of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/stemcell.keck.usc.edu\/building-mini-kidneys\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3511\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading &#8220;A team of scientists at the\u00a0Keck School of Medicine of USC\u00a0has created what could be a key building block for assembling a synthetic kidney. 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