Genetics
New answers for kids with inherited kidney disease
A new gene behind a rare form of inherited childhood kidney disease has been identified by a global research team.
May 22, 2017
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Polycystic Kidney Disease
Genetics
Revealed: The biochemical pathways of kidney disease
According to PKD International, 12.5 million people are affected by polycystic kidney disease. There is no known cure. But that may one day change, thanks in part to new research by a Concordia biology researcher.
May 2, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds four genes linked to cystic diseases of the liver and kidney
Yale researchers are studying kidney and liver diseases to determine which genes are involved in the formation of cysts.
Apr 6, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop potential treatment for fatal kidney disease
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with a California biotech firm, have developed a potential drug to treat polycystic kidney disease - an incurable genetic disease that often leads to end-stage kidney ...
Feb 16, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Copeptin levels associated with renal and cardiac disease in type 1 diabetes patients
Type 1 diabetes patients with elevated albumin in their urine had three times the risk of life-threatening kidney and cardiac disease as those with normal levels, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz ...
Dec 8, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Method to create kidney organoids from patient cells provides insights on kidney disease
A new method to create kidney organoids from patient cells may provide insights into how kidney diseases arise and how they should be treated. The research will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2016 November 15¬-20 at McCormick ...
Nov 17, 2016
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Genetics
Gene mutation leads to poorly understood birth defects
Scientists have identified genetic mutations that appear to be a key culprit behind a suite of birth defects called ciliopathies, which affect an estimated 1 in 1,000 births. In a paper published online this week in Nature ...
May 10, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Reducing food intake in mice diminishes the growth of their polycystic kidneys
What if polycystic kidney disease (PKD) could be combatted with a strategy as simple as dieting? Such a finding would surely be welcome news to the 12 million people worldwide with the genetic disease.
Jan 28, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CRISPR/Cas9 + HPSC = human PKD lab model
CRISPR/Cas9 is hot. News of the revolutionary gene editing technique that is already shaking up bioscience has finally reached the news media and the public. Now comes a first rate example of how CRISPR is changing the pace ...
Dec 11, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study: Food restriction helps mice with kidney disease
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found that a mild to moderate reduction in calories effectively prevents and reverses polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in mice. The results appear online in the Journal of the American Society ...
Nov 24, 2015
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