Kidney organoid (IMAGE)

Keck School of Medicine of USC

Kidney organoid

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A lab-grown kidney organoid made of human collecting duct cells shows elongated tubules—the segment of the kidney primarily affected by the incurable genetic condition called autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). 

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Image by Carrie Zhang/Li Lab/USC Stem Cell

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