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Image shows mini kidney tube structures that have sugar receptors and form outward-facing polycystic kidney disease cysts, which swell by taking in sugar.

New 3-D Model Offers Insights into the Role of Glucose in a Deadly Kidney Disease

January 5, 2023 - News Type NCATS News

  • Tissue Chip for Drug Screening

NIH-supported researchers combined organ-in-a-dish and organ-on-a-chip technologies to better understand polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and show the role of glucose in forming PKD cysts. This approach could lead to ways to test drugs and develop treatments.

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Last updated on October 13, 2023