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Kidney tissue engineering for precision medicine

Nature Reviews Nephrology volume 16, pages 623–624 (2020)Cite this article

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The drug development pipeline for kidney diseases is plagued with challenges ranging from an insufficient understanding of disease mechanisms to a lack of robust preclinical models. Bioengineering approaches have the potential to streamline preclinical drug discovery efforts and improve the success of clinical trials for kidney disease.

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Nanditha Anandakrishnan & Evren U. Azeloglu

  2. Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Evren U. Azeloglu

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Anandakrishnan, N., Azeloglu, E.U. Kidney tissue engineering for precision medicine. Nat Rev Nephrol 16, 623–624 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-020-00355-6

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