Guardian immune cells preserve kidney stones at bay

As urine passes by means of the kidneys, minerals and different waste merchandise can crystallize and clump collectively within the waste, and, left unchecked, kind kidney stones. However an armada of immune cells referred to as macrophages helps to watch and take away these particles, experiments in mice present¹.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-04019-w

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