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. 2014 Jan 2;14(1):5-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.12.004.

The race for regeneration: Pluripotent-stem-cell-derived 3D kidney structures

Valerie Gouon-Evans  1
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The race for regeneration: Pluripotent-stem-cell-derived 3D kidney structures

Valerie Gouon-Evans. Cell Stem Cell. .

Abstract

The kidney's complex spatial organization and poorly defined lineage specification programs have impeded derivation of kidney progenitors from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). Now in Cell Stem Cell, Taguchi et al. (2014) redefine the identity of embryonic kidney progenitors in vivo to obtain PSC-derived kidney progenitors that can form nephrons in vivo.

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