Study Shows How Certain Osmolytes Cause Kidney Damage
In the eye, ocular hypertension can lead to glaucoma and eventually permanent vision loss. Drugs used to treat this are often diuretics and come under a class of chemicals known as…
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COVID-19 can Infect Kidneys Directly
"We introduced this virus onto organoids, which are surrogates that have 11 cell types found in kidneys. Out of all the cell types, only one got infected. If you don't have these proximal…
Covid-19 infection’s impact human kidney explained
The results showed that the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19 causing virus) was able to infect the human kidney cells as well as replicate.Getting infected with Coronavirus not only impacts your lungs…
Effects of COVID-19 on Human Kidney Cells
The researchers found that although the virus that causes COVID-19 could enter, infect, and replicate in human adult kidney cells, this did not typically lead to cell death. Prior to…