IU study: Virtual tissue technology reveals new drug target in polycystic kidney disease

(Indiana University) Using virtual tissue technology, researchers at Indiana University have identified a potential new drug target in the fight against polycystic kidney disease, an illness with no effective FDA-approved treatment that affects 200,000 people per year in the United States. The study, which reveals that errors in how cells stick together give rise to two forms of kidney cysts, appears in the journal Molecular Biology of the Cell.
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