Kyoto, Japan — Animal experimentation may not be a thing of the past just yet, but work on human iPS cell technology may someday grant emancipation for lab mice and other species.
Renal proximal tubules play a major role in our kidneys’ ability to reabsorb vital substances into the bloodstream, such as albumin, before the conversion to urine.
However, in order to pursue accurate testing and other applications, researchers have needed a quantitative evaluation system that simulates the function of these tubules; existing methods could only evaluate epithelial cells using animal experiments and cultures.