Researchers replicate human kidney gene changes in mouse model
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
University of Louisville researchers have replicated the inflammatory gene changes of a human kidney as it progresses from mild to severe diabetic nephropathy, using a mouse model developed by a UofL researcher, according to an article published today in the journal Experimental Nephrology. Diabetic nephropathy is the foremost cause of kidney failure.