The current kidney transplant waitlisting criterion is based on a single measurement of kidney function (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] ≤20 ml/min/1.73 m2) and does not consider an individual's risk of progressing ...
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A novel pill that blocks the hormone aldosterone shows promise for lowering blood pressure and potentially delaying the progression of kidney disease in people with both conditions.
Sep 14, 2025
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Ryuji Morizane, MD, Ph.D., of the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior/corresponding author of a new paper published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, titled "AAV for gene therapy ...
Aug 19, 2025
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Novel research led by Brazilian scientists describes the immune system's reactions in detail in the first living patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant. This paves the way for the search for therapies ...
Jan 8, 2026
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Two new studies from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have investigated how mutations that occur in muscles and blood vessels over time can affect aging. The studies, which are published in Nature Aging, show that such mutations ...
Aug 20, 2025
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Compared with other dietary indices, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) provide chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk discrimination, according to a study published online ...
Aug 14, 2025
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A study involving more than half a million adults has confirmed that the combination of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic conditions, collectively known as cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic (CKM) syndrome, substantially ...
Sep 23, 2025
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A new Northwestern Medicine study has shed light on how a class of diabetes drugs may protect the kidneys—not just by lowering blood sugar, but by triggering a molecular shift that dampens inflammation, according to a study ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Researchers in Berlin have used base editing to repair mutations that cause the kidney disorder ADPKD in cells from both mice and humans. In mice, a team led by Michael Kaminski was able to ease a key symptom of the difficult-to-treat ...
Sep 17, 2025
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Metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA) is a rare but serious adverse effect of the diabetes drug metformin in which the body accumulates too much lactic acid. Investigators developed and tested a protocol for diagnosis ...
Nov 8, 2025
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