Urine from premature babies peps up kidneys

• Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3064, 2016, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Urine from premature babies could provide a rich supply of stem cells for medical treatments or for rebooting worn-out kidneys for transplantation. Elena Levtchenko at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and her colleagues collected urine samples from premature babies born at between 31 and 36 weeks. The team then searched for cells with specific markers that flagged them as stem cells. The team developed these stem cells into a range of types of kidney cell by changing the nutrients in which they were bathed