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The triangular, tubular and rectangular shapes are designed and built using a method known as DNA origami. Here, the base pairing properties of DNA's four nucleotides are used to engineer and fabricate DNA origami nanostructures (DONs), which self-assemble and preferentially accumulate in kidneys.
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Experiments described in the new study -- conducted in mice as well as human embryonic kidney cells -- suggest that DONs act as a rapid and active kidney protectant and may also alleviate symptoms of AKI [Acute Kidney Injury]. The distribution of DONs was examined with positron emission tomography (PET). Results showed that the rectangular nanostructures were particularly successful, protecting the kidneys from harm as effectively as the leading drug therapy and alleviating a leading source of AKI known as oxidative stress.The study is the first to explore the distribution of DNA nanostructures in a living system by means of quantitative imaging with PET and paves the way for a host of new therapeutic approaches for the treatment of AKI as well as other renal diseases.
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The protective and therapeutic effects of the DONs described in the new study are due to the ability of the nanostructures to scavenge reactive oxygen species, thereby insulating vulnerable cells from damage due to oxidative stress.
The technique promises to help prevent renal failure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @02:17AM (5 children)
This article is interesting, but it's a little late. MDC had his kidney removed last week.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @02:36AM (3 children)
LOVE MDC.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday November 10 2018, @03:40AM (2 children)
I've got another one.
I want to mention that despite my cancer being two inches across I didn't feel it because kidneys don't have nerves. You don't feel kidney stones until they enter the urethra.
Perhaps that's what makes The Silent Killer silent: high blood pressure will destroy your kidneys but has no noticeable symptoms
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 10 2018, @06:35AM (1 child)
So how did you find out you had it?
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday November 10 2018, @08:16PM
- eggs, went to the ER.
Doc was concerned about the sharp pains in my abdomen so he ordered a CT scan.
It wasn't Salmonella. The sharp pains cleared up when the diarrhea did.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Saturday November 10 2018, @05:31AM
It sounds like this could be used to prevent some occurrences of cancer, but wouldn't remove existing cancer.
But with the kidney completely gone, we'll have to build a new one from scratch.
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