Kidneys perform the essential function of the filtration of excess waste products from the blood and balancing body fluids. If the kidney fails, then salt and waste products like urea will build up in the circulation system, eventually leading to chronic kidney disease (CKD), if…
This contributed volume emphasizes the potential of stem cells to be pertained in the urology field and attempts to disclose the history of the field up to the latest advances to date. It gathers the majority of papers that advocate utilizing stem cells as the best option for tr…
Background: In the country of Bangladesh, arsenic (As) exposure and high plasma homocysteine (hyperhomocysteinemia; HHcys) are widely prevalent. An estimated 35-77 million people in Bangladesh are exposed to As above the World Health Organization standard of 10 μg/L, while a cro…
In the first chapter, we focus on the identification and characterization of renal stem cells in the adult kidney. For this purpose, we stained adult kidney cells suspension for a number of markers and using FACS analysis, observed that there are a high level of SCA-1+ Lin− cell…