Stem cell study reveals how infantile cystinosis causes kidney failure – and how to cure it (IMAGE)
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This image, produced by a fluorescence microscope, shows a normal renal proximal tubule, the specific nephron segment in the kidney that is impaired in the rare disease infantile cystinosis. The red, green and yellow regions indicate the presence of different proteins in the tubule and the blue indicates the presence of nuclei. The UB researchers generated the tubule in the image from stem cells derived from an individual who does not have the disease.
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Alexandra Kojac
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