Genetics

Kidney disease gene found to also have a protective mutation

African Americans have long been known to be at increased risk of kidney disease due to a dangerous genetic mutation that creates a hole in the kidney cells, but Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) researchers have ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New research: Acute kidney damage spreads over time

When our kidneys are acutely damaged, it can cause necrotic injury, which is the death of cells in the kidney. A new study from Aarhus University has now found that the cell damage spreads over several days after the immediate ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Novel device effective for babies requiring renal replacement therapy

For babies under 8 kg requiring renal replacement therapy, a novel hemodialysis device, the Newcastle Infant Dialysis Ultrafiltration System (NIDUS), delivers accurate, controllable fluid removal and adequate clearance, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

This tick-borne disease is now endemic in 10 US states

Babesiosis, a tick-borne disease, is endemic in 10 U.S. states, according to a March report by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The parasitic disease primarily occurs within the Northeast ...

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