Each human kidney has about 1 to 2 million filtering units called nephrons that help purify our blood and remove waste ...

Renal hypoplasia, defined as abnormally small kidneys with normal morphology and reduced nephron number, is a common cause of pediatric renal failure and adult-onset disease. Genetic studies ...

In addition, they also discovered that hiPSC-NPCs produced VEGF-A—a secreted protein capable of inducing blood vessel formation ... Human iPSC–derived nephron progenitor cells treat acute ...