5.01.2007

ScienceDaily: Chinese compound fights kidney cysts

ScienceDaily: Chinese compound fights kidney cysts: "NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist, using a compound from a centuries-old Chinese traditional medicine, has prevented formation of kidney-destroying cysts in a mouse model.

Yale University researcher Craig Crews said his findings hold hope for what would be the first treatment, other than kidney transplant or frequent dialysis, for one of the most lethal of kidney diseases worldwide."