Medical research
Methods to repair kidney cells, assess kidney function on the horizon
Researchers may have found a way to block kidney-destroying inflammation and help damaged kidney cells recover.
Apr 16, 2013
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Kidney International
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Acute kidney injury and end stage kidney disease in severe COVID-19
Germany was not hit as hard by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic as many other European countries. The reason for this is that the wave of infection reached Germany later, that the authorities were warned by the situation in Italy ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 mortality alarmingly high in dialysis patients
Spain is one of the European countries besides the UK and Italy that was particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic in March. Early on, it was not possible to predict the extent of the outbreak. The first case in Spain ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Less-than-perfect kidneys can be successfully used for transplants, study shows
A new Johns Hopkins Medicine-led study provides the strongest evidence to date that hundreds of deceased donor kidneys, discarded each year after being deemed not suitable under current medical criteria, can be transplanted ...
Jan 8, 2020
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Surgery
Long-term benefits to the liver-kidney transplant
A new study from physicians at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, found there may be long-term benefits to simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation versus kidney transplantation alone. The study, "Decreased Chronic Cellular and Antibody-Mediated ...
Apr 15, 2016
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Medications
Unresolved injury, not fibrosis, contributes to cisplatin-induced CKD
Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the progression of acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease (CKD) caused by use of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin is due to unresolved injury and sustained activation ...
Mar 27, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Finding a pathway to better palliative care for kidney patients
For as long as she's been a physician, Sara Davison has been passionate about improving the lives of her patients. A trained nephrologist and professor in the University of Alberta's Department of Medicine, she says she's ...
Jun 29, 2015
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Surgery
Transplanted livers help body defend against organ rejection, study finds
For decades, transplant experts have observed that liver transplant recipients often need less anti-rejection medication, known as immunosuppressive drugs, than recipients of other solid organs. Similarly, when patients receive ...
Apr 18, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Protecting the kidneys from failing
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a common cause of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome, a type of kidney disease that is accompanied by massive urinary protein loss and that may progress to end-stage renal disease. ...
Jun 3, 2020
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Medical research
New biomarker could better predict diabetic kidney disease
Clinicians may soon have a better way to predict which of their diabetic patients are most likely to develop kidney disease, allowing for earlier interventions that keep patients off lifelong dialysis or transplant waiting ...
Feb 7, 2020
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