This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Students have little opportunity to observe or experiment with blood filtration in the nephron. Thus, we have developed a modeling activity on ...

Scientists report significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells destined to form the kidney's filtration system, the nephrons. NPCs hold immense promise for ...

Glomeruli are at the heart of renal function, and yet are only part of an intact nephron. They are of irreplaceable value in maintaining homeostasis. The intact nephron theory: Each nephron is a ...