Gaining A Better Understanding Of Kidney Diseases

Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 10:28 in Health & Medicine

By introducing a genetic switch in mice it is possible to increase or decrease the production of specific protein molecules in their kidneys. Thus, researchers can study the influence of specific proteins on disease development. This model of investigating severe kidney diseases was published in Nature Medicine.

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