A new blood test can identify which individuals of African ancestry carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants are most likely to develop kidney failure, years before clinical disease becomes apparent. Findings on the new test, ...
Apr 15, 2026
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Recovering from acute kidney damage isn't just about growing kidney cells—it also requires kidney tissue to stiffen temporarily, University of Connecticut researchers report Dec. 3 in the Journal of the American Society of ...
Jan 29, 2026
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Nearly 1 in 7 adults in the United States lives with chronic kidney disease, a condition that often advances quietly until serious damage has occurred. While diabetes and high blood pressure are well-known culprits, researchers ...
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is on the rise in the United States, with roughly 36 million adults estimated to have the condition. As more people develop the disease, researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine ...
Dec 3, 2025
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A molecule made by bacteria in the gut can hitch a ride to the kidneys, where it sets off a chain reaction of inflammation, scarring and fibrosis—a serious complication of diabetes and a leading cause of kidney failure—according ...
Aug 25, 2025
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New UCLA research conducted using mouse models and human genetic data has uncovered a critical factor that determines how much scarring occurs following kidney injury, leading scientists to identify a potential precision ...
Apr 9, 2025
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Research led by Children's Hospital of Fudan University in China has found that a gene called pancreatic progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation factor (PPDPF) helps protect kidney cells by supporting enzymes involved ...
Measuring the levels of vitronectin in urine could improve the detection of kidney fibrosis, according to scientists from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and University Hospital (HUGTiP).
Dec 2, 2024
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Since its discovery in 1998 and winning the Nobel Prize in 2006, ribonucleic acid (RNA) interference has become an invaluable tool for drugmakers to silence disease-causing genes. Nearly three decades later, drug makers have ...
Nov 13, 2024
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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how certain cells have the amazing ability to transform their function to help our bodies control our blood pressure.
Sep 26, 2024
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