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Cure of ADPKD by selection for spontaneous genetic repair events in Pkd1-mutated iPS cells
A research group including Kyoto University researchers demonstrates that mouse iPS cells, in which genetic correction occurs spontaneously through mitotic recombination, is selectable from the population of genetically mutated ...
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Aurora A may contribute to kidney disease
The Aurora A kinase may contribute to polycystic kidney disease (PKD) by inactivating a key calcium channel in kidney cells, according to a study in the June 13 issue of The Journal of Cell Biology.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Researchers identify new role for cilia protein in mitosis
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have described a previously unknown role for the cilia protein IFT88 in mitosis, the process by which a dividing cell separates its chromosomes containing the ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Protein offers new clue to cause and treatment for kidney disease
University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have pinpointed a protein that compromises the kidney's filtering ability, causing nephrotic syndrome, and demonstrated that a naturally occurring precursor of an acid in the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 12, 2010 |
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Common diabetes drug may halt growth of cysts in polycystic kidney disease
Researchers report that a drug commonly used to treat diabetes may also retard the growth of fluid-filled cysts of the most common genetic disorder, polycystic kidney disease. PKD does not discriminate by ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Genetic deletion discovered as risk factor for autism and schizophrenia
Researchers have identified the deletion of a genomic region on chromosome 17 as a significant risk factor for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia. A mutation of one of the genes in the deleted interval already ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Paper highlight: Signaling hope for polycystic kidney disease
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is a common genetic disease that results in chronic kidney failure.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 13, 2010 |
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A new target in polycystic kidney disease
In work suggesting a new approach to treating polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a leading cause of kidney failure, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston were able to block the formation of fluid-filled cysts, the hallmark ...
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Sep 13, 2010 |
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Romania, Bulgaria have EU's sickest health systems
(AP) -- No sutures and other basics; a dire shortage of staff; catastrophic hygiene; then this - a hospital blaze that killed five premature babies. Romania's hospital system is on the ropes.
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Mysterious cilium functions as cellular communication hub, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly all mammalian cells have what's called a primary cilium -- a single, stump-like rod projecting from the smooth contours of the cell's outer membrane. Unlike its more flamboyant cousins, the motile ...
Jun 24, 2010 |
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