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Fasting-mimicking diet restores kidney function in study
Diet intervention revives kidney function in preclinical animal models and in patients with chronic kidney disease. In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney’s glomerular filtration barrier—causes …
Study offers new insights into how the most common kidney cancer starts in kids
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles found new clues to how disruption of the early process of kidney formation may be linked to the development of Wilms tumor — also known as …
Podocyte protectors: NIH awards CHLA’s GOFARR Laboratory additional grants to combat chronic childhood kidney disease
In children with progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD), loss of kidney function is for the most part irreversible. “The glomerulus is where the kidney filters the blood,” says Laura Perin, PhD, co-Director …
Method developed by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles researchers automates brain cell mapping
Neuroscience graduate students at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have developed an automated method that could save time and work for laboratories around the country by streamlining the process of identifying and mapping …
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 …