A signaling cascade is activated in podocytes to induce survival and cope with stress during advanced glomerular disease, a new study shows. The findings may also explain why the immunosuppressor ...

Chronic kidney disease can quietly reshape a life long before the first lab test comes back abnormal. More than 700 million ...

A newly-established protocol offers hope for kidney disease modeling, drug discovery, and potential cell therapies. Previous work from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University established a protocol ...

Unlike other human stem cells, Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) can be produced directly from adult cells. Now, researchers have shown that human kidney podocytes produced from iPS cells via ...

WESTON, Fla., Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZVSA, or “ZyVersa”), a clinical stage specialty biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drugs for ...

Scientists at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have come up with a way of growing podocytes, kidney cells that filter out blood, from induced pluripotent stem cells inside a special chamber that replicates ...

A new study has revealed that certain cells contribute to kidney function decline, making them attractive targets for treatments against kidney failure. The blood-filtering cells in the kidneys- ...

Podocytes demonstrate a strong reliance on insulin to function properly, according to a study published in Cell Metabolism (2010;12:329-340). Mice hosting podocytes with no insulin receptors developed ...

High blood pressure could do more damage than you think.A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has discovered ...

Human stem cells are of great interest in the fields of regenerative medicine and medical research because they reproduce indefinitely and can differentiate into every other cell type found in the ...