September 25, 2018
Can geology upend decades of medical wisdom about kidney stones?
By Advancing the Science contributor
Article by Alex Generous Like stones formed in nature, kidney stones show signs of being partially dissolved and remade. Implication: there may be a way to remove kidney stones without surgery or passing them in urine. An unlikely collaboration between a geologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and researchers at Mayo Clinic has overturned […]
Tags: Jessica Saw, John Lieske, kidney stones, Michael Romero, nephrology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, urology