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Renal-retentive PEGylated carbon dot nanozymes with SOD- and GPx-like activities suppress ferroptosis-associated fibrotic remodeling in obstructive kidney injury

Key takeaways

Researchers made a tiny particle that stays in the kidney longer. It helps stop a type of cell death that leads to scarring. This was tested in lab models, not people yet.

Who did this work

Guoqiang Gao (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Yu Zhang · Wentai Wu (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Jing Li · Pengyi Zheng (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Jing Huang (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Shiqi Wu (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Tianyu Qi (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Guojing Wang (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Zhixin Duan (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Yuxiang Wang (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) · Pu Lei (First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University)

Source

Article · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-10-05
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-026-05134-2