Disease Focus: Kidney Disease

Repair and regeneration of the nephron

Kidney function is essential for removing the wastes that result from normal cell function and maintaining water and salt balance in our internal tissues. These actions are carried out by roughly a million nephrons within the kidney that filter all the body’s blood roughly once every 1-2hours. The kidney also regulates other tissues controlling blood […]

Preclinical Model for Labeling, Transplant, and In Vivo Imaging of Differentiated Human Embryonic Stem Cells

The derivation and culture of human embryonic stem cells has provided new possibilities for treatment of a wide variety of human diseases because these cells have the potential to help regenerate and repair many types of damaged tissue. Diseases for which such cell-based treatments may be helpful include obstructive renal disease, a disorder for which […]

Disease Focus: Kidney Disease

Repair and regeneration of the nephron

Preclinical Model for Labeling, Transplant, and In Vivo Imaging of Differentiated Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Stefano Da Sacco, CHLA – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch

Sargis Sedrakyan, CHLA – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch

Andrew McMahon, USC – CIRM Stem Cell #SciencePitch