Lori O’Brien, PhD, a member of the UNC Kidney Center and assistant professor in the department of Cell Biology and Physiology, discusses her research on kidney development and nephron function in an episode of the Finding Genius podcast. The episode summarizes her research as it relates to kidney disease, including:
- How kidney development progresses in utero and what are the two main types of progenitor cells,
- What are the stages of kidney disease and how effective are dialysis and kidney transplantation, and
- What are challenges to kidney organoid development such as how to rid the organoid of filtrate.
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