{
  "id": 12434556,
  "title": "Molecular anatomy of the glomerular filtration barrier reveals topology-encoded albumin sieving",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/molecular-anatomy-of-the-glomerular-filtration-barrier-reveals",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.30.755551v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The kidney filters plasma rapidly while retaining albumin, yet where and how this selectivity is encoded within the glomerular filtration barrier remain unresolved. Here we combine cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) of vitrified mouse glomeruli with structure-resolved transport modelling to predict albumin passage from the native three-dimensional architecture of the barrier. Among the three…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}