A Polycystic Mouse Kidney and a Normal Mouse Kidney (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

A Polycystic Mouse Kidney and a Normal Mouse Kidney

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A polycystic mouse kidney (left) is several times larger than a normal mouse kidney (right). The tissue architecture of the diseased kidney is destroyed by the growth of numerous cysts.

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Thomas Weimbs and Erin Olsan

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