News tagged with human kidney cells

Researchers uncover secrets of 'miracle fruit'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though not very well known in the United States, at least until the past few years, the miracle fruit is a cranberry like fruit that has the unique property of being able to make acidic or ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (25) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Mount Sinai leads unprecedented attempt to discover rules for assembling human tissue

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and two other academic institutions have received federal funding to systematically assemble functional human kidney tissue from tissue modeled on a computer. If successful, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Enzyme fights mutated protein in inherited Parkinson's disease

An enzyme that naturally occurs in the brain helps destroy the mutated protein that is the most common cause of inherited Parkinson's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0