Introducing...
...faculty sponsor, Dr. Stephen Wright, Professor,
Physiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics. The
body is routinely subjected to a form of "chemical
warfare." The foods we eat, and
the medicines we ingest, contain compounds that are, to
one extent or another, toxic. It is virtually
impossible to avoid such exposure, but we have a strategy
to deal with it: the kidney secretes these so-called "xenobiotic" compounds,
efficiently clearing them from the body. Dr. Wright's research
focuses on determining the molecular and cellular mechanisms
of renal transport of xenobiotic compounds.
URL: http://www.physiology.arizona.edu/labs/mcprtlabs/
E-mail: shwright@u.arizona.edu
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