Triptolide: A Potential Drug for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Photo caption: Normal (left) and PKD (right) mouse kidneys. [Credit: Crews/Yale]  : High Resolution Photo : A treatment for polycystic kidney disease(PKD), a leading cause of fatal kidney failure worldwide, has been identified by a research team led by Yale biochemist Craig Crews, according to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.