Scientists develop method for curbing growth of crystals that form kidney stones

Friday, October 15, 2010 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have developed a method for curbing the growth of crystals that form cystine kidney stones. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Science, may offer a pathway to a new method for the prevention of kidney stones. The study was conducted by researchers at New York University's Department of Chemistry and its Molecular Design Institute, NYU School of Medicine, and the Medical College of Wisconsin...

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