Iron is an essential element required by cells and has been described as a key player in
ferroptosis. Ferritin operates as a fundamental iron storage protein in cells forming …

Nature is a great source of inspiration in solving extremely complex problems, and it is every
day more common to use its strategies for the development of new materials, methods, and …

Thanks to remarkable advances in neonatal intensive care, infants who once had little
chance for survival can now enter adulthood. Yet the consequences of premature birth or …

Nephron number (N glom) and size (Vglom) are correlated with risk for chronic
cardiovascular and kidney disease and may be predictive of renal allograft viability …

Recent advances in medical imaging technology have greatly enhanced imaging-based
diagnosis which requires computational effective and accurate algorithms to process the …

Nephron number is highly variable in humans and is thought to play an important role in
renal health. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the result of too few nephrons to maintain …

Reduced nephron mass is strongly linked to susceptibility to chronic renal and
cardiovascular diseases. There are currently no tools to identify nephropenia in clinical or …

Studies of human nephron number have been conducted for well over a century and have
uncovered a large variability in nephron number. However, the mechanisms influencing …

Cancer has been a serious threat to human health. Among drug delivery carriers, protein
nanoparticles are unique because of their mild and environmentally friendly preparation …

The development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with the loss of functional
nephrons. However, there are no methods to directly measure nephron number in living …