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Scientists use mini-kidney models to identify potential drugs for polycystic kidney disease
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Scientists use mini-kidney models to identify potential drugs for polycystic kidney disease

by Keck School of Medicine of USC Human cystic kidney organoid. Credit: Cheng (Jack) Song/McMahon Lab In a new study in Cell Stem Cell, scientists from the USC laboratory of Andy McMahon generated simple kidney-like structures called organoids and used them to identify potential drugs to treat adult-onset polycystic kidney disease. Affecting 8 million patients worldwide,...