Basic research: Bioengineering the kidney microvasculature
Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 124 (2016).
doi:10.1038/nrneph.2015.218
Author: Ellen F. Carney
Jonathan Himmelfarb and colleagues have developed a novel method to bioengineer functional kidney microvasculature from human kidney peritubular microvascular endothelial cells (HKMECs). They suggest that their 3D microphysiologic system could be used to investigate mechanisms of kidney disease and potential therapies.The researchers isolated HKMECs
Source: Nature Reviews Nephrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ellen F. Carney Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
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