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Kidney Disease News
July 24, 2023

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年代cientists Find That Supplementation With a Special Omega-3 Lipid Could Treat Acute Kidney Injury

A protein that transports lipid into cells reveals clues to treating a major health problem affecting ...

年代ingle-Cell Atlas of the Human Kidney Provides New Resources to Study Kidney Disease

What causes certain individuals who experience a sudden decline in kidney function to develop kidney disease while others recover? A new study co-led by bioengineers could provide detailed insight -- at the level of individual cells -- into the ...

研究ers' Sweeping Discovery Shows How Kidney Cells Self-Renew

年代cientists have discovered a previously unknown 'housekeeping' process in kidney cells that ejects unwanted content, resulting in cells that rejuvenate themselves and remain functioning and healthy. The self-renewal process, which is fundamentally different from how other bodily tissues are thought ...

年代ource of Common Kidney Disease Lies Outside the Kidney, Study Suggests

The discovery of new genes linked to IgA nephropathy, a common kidney disease, confirms the idea that the immune system drives the ...
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年代tudy Assesses Symptom Trajectories and Outcomes in Patients With Kidney Disease

When individuals with varying degrees of chronic kidney disease who were not on dialysis answered annual questionnaires about their symptoms, researchers found that one-third could be categorized as ...

Awake Patients Can Have Kidney Stones Moved, Blasted

A new technique which combines the use of two ultrasound technologies may offer an option to move kidney stones out of the ureter with minimal pain and no anesthesia, according to a new feasibility ...

For Black Patients, Nixing 'Race Adjustment' May Improve Kidney Transplant Odds, Study Finds

Using equations to calculate kidney function that do not include race adjustments would result in Black patients gaining time on the transplant waitlist before their kidneys fail that matched similar ...

Is It Really Healthy to Restrict Protein Intake for Kidney Transplant Recipients?

It is commonly believed that patients with chronic kidney disease should limit their protein intake given that excessive protein worsens kidney function. However, a new study indicates that changes ...

研究ers Identify a Gene Therapy Target for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Blocking the inhibition of PKD1 and PKD2 gene expression by deleting a binding site for microRNAs hindered the formation and growth of kidney cysts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ...

Recommended Blood Sugar Levels to Avoid Diabetes-Related Damage

The levels of long-term blood sugar, HbA1c, can be used to accurately determine the risk of a person with type 1 diabetes developing eye- and kidney complications. A study has shown that this level ...

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African-Caribbean People With Type 1 Diabetes More Likely to Develop Kidney Disease, Study Finds

New research confirms that ethnicity is a risk factor for developing kidney disease in people with Type 1 diabetes. The findings also show people of African-Caribbean heritage and living with ...

Detection of Rare Genetic Mutation in One Family Could Lead to Better Diabetes Treatments

A genetic variation identified in a group of families who are prone to diabetes and kidney failure increases the levels of a type of fat, called ceramides. Therapeutics that prevent this change could ...

Leaving Small Kidney Stones Behind Causes Problems Later

When surgeons remove patients' kidney stones, they typically leave behind small stones that appear not to be causing problems. However, a new randomized controlled study has shown that leaving ...

Diets Higher in Calcium and Potassium May Help Prevent Recurrent Symptomatic Kidney Stones

Kidney stones can cause not only excruciating pain but also are associated with chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. If you've experienced a kidney stone once, you ...

New DNA Repair-Kit Successfully Fixes Hereditary Disease in Patient-Derived Cells

Genetic mutations which cause a debilitating hereditary kidney disease affecting children and young adults have been fixed in patient-derived kidney cells using a potentially game-changing DNA ...

Anti-Rejection Medication and Immunotherapy Kicks Cancer and Protects Kidney Transplants

Adding immunotherapy to standard anti-rejection medication could change the lives of thousands of kidney transplant patients with incurable cancer, as new research shows it can reduce this risk of ...

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年代tudy Results Challenge Current Thinking About Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

New research indicates that the polycystin-2 protein in cells' endoplasmic reticulum is important for maintaining kidney health, and its lack can contribute to autosomal dominant polycystic ...

年代cientists Use Mini-Kidney Models to Identify Potential Drugs for Polycystic Kidney Disease

年代cientists hsve generated simple kidney-like structures called organoids and used them to identify potential drugs to treat adult-onset polycystic kidney disease. To accelerate the quest for new ...

New Approach to Treatment of Deadly Kidney Cancer

研究ers have linked resistance to treatment for a deadly form of kidney cancer to low mitochondrial content in the cell. When the researchers increased the mitochondrial content with an ...

Genetic Screening Algorithm Could Identify People With Kidney Disease Risk

By analyzing thousands of genetic risk variants, a new algorithm may be able to predict your risk of developing chronic kidney disease decades before ...

Coffee Consumption Link to Reduced Risk of Acute Kidney Injury, Study Finds

If you need another reason to start the day drinking a cup of joe, a recent study has revealed that consuming at least one cup of coffee a day may reduce the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) when ...

Epigenetic Markers Predict Complications in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

A new study supports the notion that patients with type 2 diabetes patient should be divided into subgroups and given individualized treatment. The study demonstrates that there are distinct ...

年代tandard Test for Multiple Myeloma Provides Clues of a Rare, More Deadly Type

A test for the common blood cancer multiple myeloma also holds clear clues that the patient has one of the most uncommon and deadly forms of this cancer, investigators ...

Combining Certain Meds With Ibuprofen Can Permanently Injure Kidneys

Anyone who is taking a diuretic and a renin-angiotensin system (RSA) inhibitor for high blood pressure should be cautious about also taking ibuprofen, according to new ...

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