The study involved the examination of biopsies from 976 kidney transplant patients. In particular, they were looking for the presence of "tubular ectasia" – i.e. distension of the renal tubules.

Roberta Fenoglio, MD, of San Giovanni Bosco Hub Hospital and the University of Torino in Turin, Italy, and colleagues examined the histologic features of kidney biopsies from 30 patients treated ...

These corresponding protein images were then directly compared to pathologists’ annotations of the histological features of the human kidney tissue (Figure 4). Conclusion.

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) comprises 80% of all primary kidney malignancies and causes 90% of kidney cancer deaths. But it is notoriously tough to diagnose. RCC is not easily ...