Blood Vessel Discovery a Major Step Toward Growing Kidneys (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Blood Vessel Discovery a Major Step Toward Growing Kidneys (1 of 3)

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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers Yan Hu (left), a graduate student, and Maria Luisa S. Sequeira-Lopez, M.D., have identified the cells that give rise to the blood vessels in the kidney -- a finding crucial to the effort to grow replacement kidneys.

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Josh Barney | University of Virginia Health System

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