A diet dividend: Reducing food intake in mice diminishes the growth of their polycystic kidneys
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 10:37
in Health & Medicine
What if polycystic kidney disease (PKD) could be combatted with a strategy as simple as dieting? Such a finding would surely be welcome news to the 12 million people worldwide with the genetic disease. Now researchers say that reducing food intake in mice diminishes the growth of their polycystic kidneys.