Source: Michaela Kane, WRAL TECHWIRE, 1/26/22

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method to study how key cells in the kidneys become injured and deformed. The new model has revealed a significant mechanism behind severe kidney disease and pointed toward early disease biomarkers and potential therapeutic interventions. The study appeared online Dec. 10, 2021, in the journal ACS Chemical Biology. “Changes in the molecular landscape of cells in health and disease can help discover new diagnostics and therapeutic targets,” said Samira Musah, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Duke.

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