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Left to right: Roger De Filippo, MD, Stefano Da Sacco, PhD, Laura Perin, PhD; featured image for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receives NIH awards for research into combating childhood kidney failure

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receives NIH awards for research into combating childhood kidney failure

In children with progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD), loss of kidney function is mostly irreversible. The GOFARR Laboratory for Organ Regenerative Research and Cell Therapeutics in Urology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles …

Wilms tumor team; featured image for A bench-to-bedside approach to Wilms tumor

A bench-to-bedside approach to Wilms tumor

Stefano Da Sacco, PhD, calls Wilms tumor “an underdog” in the research world. “If you go to the American Urological Association or other meetings, there aren’t many presentations or discussions about Wilms …

Laura Perin (Photo courtesy of CHLA); featured image for New cellular approach found to control progression of chronic kidney disease

New cellular approach found to control progression of chronic kidney disease

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that extracellular vesicles—tiny protein-filled structures—isolated from amniotic fluid stem cells (AFSCs) can be used to effectively slow the progression of kidney damage in mice with …

Elizabeth Fini (Photo courtesy of USC); featured image for Keck School researchers to speak at World Stem Cell Summit

Keck School researchers to speak at World Stem Cell Summit

Faculty researchers and clinicians from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are among more than 170 speakers who will discuss their efforts to zero in on disease cures at an international …