A pair of USC Stem Cell mouse studies detail how progenitor cells self-renew, differentiate, and aggregate into early kidney structures, offering insights for the creation of stem cell-based ...

In videos created by the Hughes Lab to visualize the process, adjacent nephrons form one after the other, as if they were following a beat. “It’s still a hypothesis,” adds Hughes, “but we think that ...

The lab‑grown nephron progenitor cells (NPCs) supported sustained growth of both mouse and human stem cells. When researchers examined the nephrons produced by these NPCs, they found they were ...