Stones: Utilizing bacterial factors for kidney stone prevention

Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 715 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.158 Author: Ellen F. Carney Colonization of the intestine with Oxalobacter formigenes is associated with a reduced risk of calcium oxalate kidney stones. Now, researcher Hatim Hassan and colleagues show that bioactive factors derived from these probiotic bacteria stimulate oxalate secretion in the distal colon, leading to a reduction
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