Kidney models-on-a-chip could lead to more personalized medicine (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Kidney models-on-a-chip could lead to more personalized medicine

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A KyotoU team has developed a human iPS cell-derived kidney organoid-based proximal tubule-on-chip -- OPTECs-on-Chip -- that mimics in vivo renal physiology more closely than ever before

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KyotoU/Yokokawa Lab

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