Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital have used baby-rat cells to grow functioning artificial kidneys in a lab, marking an important step toward the ultimate goal of creating human organs ...

Gluconeogenesis by the rat kidney is closely related to the hydrogen ion concentration of the incubation media and it occurs in the presence of a variety of substrates.

Led by Dr. Volker Vallon, faculty from UCSD and UAB organize an annual workshop designed to practice animal handling and phenotyping techniques for commonly used methods to study kidney function in ...