Study reveals non-invasive warning sign of kidney disease progression
University of Michigan researchers have identified an accessible, non-invasive way to identify patients at risk for progression of kidney disease.
Dec 2, 2015
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University of Michigan researchers have identified an accessible, non-invasive way to identify patients at risk for progression of kidney disease.
Dec 2, 2015
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In a world first, Kumamoto University researchers have shown mouse kidney capillaries successfully connecting to kidney tissue which was derived from human iPS cells. This achievement shows that human kidney glomeruli made ...
Nov 19, 2015
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Various research groups are collecting different types of cells and turning them into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells that can then generate diverse types of cells and tissues in the body. Now investigators have transplanted ...
Nov 19, 2015
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Barely 2 years old, Talia Pisano is getting tough treatment for kidney cancer that spread to her brain. She's also getting a chance at having babies of her own someday.
Aug 11, 2015
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In an apparent effort to help themselves, inflamed kidney cells produce one of the same inflammation-suppressing enzymes fetuses use to survive, researchers report.
Jun 23, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Rapamune (sirolimus) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat a rare, progressive lung disease that mostly affects women of childbearing age.
May 29, 2015
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have made an important finding that could help develop an early test for kidney disease.
Apr 22, 2015
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Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have pinpointed the immune system mechanism that allows a kidney transplant to be accepted without lifelong immunosuppressive drugs, a significant step toward reducing ...
Mar 16, 2015
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Herbal medicine can be a double-edged sword and should be more rigorously investigated for both its beneficial and harmful effects, say researchers writing in a special supplement of Science.
Dec 19, 2014
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Kidneys donated by people born with a small variation in the code of a key gene may be more likely, once in the transplant recipient, to accumulate scar tissue that contributes to kidney failure, according to a study led ...
Dec 1, 2014
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