Posts Tagged ‘kidneys’
Test could catch kidney damage sooner
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Two biomarkers can tell a physician if a patient is at risk for acute kidney injury, which affects up to seven percent of all hospitalized patients. Continue…
Thursday, February 7, 2013 11:37 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - Dec 17, 2012 15:08 - 1 Comment
White blood cells visit healthy kidneys, too
MONASH U. (AUS) — Better understanding of the role of white blood cells in kidney inflammation could lead to improved treatment for 20 percent of patients with renal failure. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 11, 2012 15:27 - 1 Comment
Dialysis costs challenge Medicare budget
BROWN (US) — Medicare’s latest attempt to manage the cost and quality of end-stage renal disease care could become a broader model for the program if it succeeds, researchers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2012 12:08 - 3 Comments
Kidney transplant: Blood condition raises kids’ risk
UC DAVIS (US) — For children receiving kidney transplants, a potentially correctable blood condition is associated with a moderately increased risk of the graft’s later failure. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 3, 2012 10:32 - 3 Comments
New drug targets common kidney disease
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Lab results show that a new drug is effective in treating a very common kidney disease—although it’s a few years away from clinical testing. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 22, 2012 10:16 - 0 Comments
Teen athletes with one kidney safe to play
U. VIRGINIA (US) — Kidney injuries among high school varsity athletes are so rare that students with only one kidney should be allowed to play, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 20, 2012 11:17 - 0 Comments
How kidneys keep hold of early stem cells
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have identified two proteins that are required to maintain a supply of stem cells in the developing kidneys of both mice and humans. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 1, 2012 15:47 - 1 Comment
Despite glucose control, kidney risk in diabetes
YALE (US) — Intensively controlling the glucose levels of patients with type-2 diabetes may not reduce their risk of kidney failure, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 30, 2012 16:11 - 0 Comments
Back in body, modified cells fix kidney
INDIANA U. (US) — Researchers removed renal cells from rats, reprogrammed them, and transplanted them back into the body to find and repair kidney damage. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 21, 2012 16:18 - 1 Comment
Quick test predicts if transplant will stick
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A simple, 10-minute bedside exam can predict which kidney transplant patients are most likely to do well with a new organ. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 7, 2011 11:29 - 1 Comment
Age no obstacle for kidney donation
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Transplants of kidneys from live donors over 70 are safe for the donors and lifesaving for recipients, research suggests. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 28, 2011 11:53 - 1 Comment
Girls less likely to make transplant list
UC DAVIS (US) — A recent study found that girls were 22 percent less likely than boys to get placed on a kidney transplant waiting list. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 18, 2010 16:40 - 0 Comments
It’s a match: Algorithm finds kidneys
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Living kidney donors and medically compatible transplant candidates have been successfully matched using a newly developed computer algorithm. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 14, 2010 14:46 - 1 Comment
Agent curbs kidney stone crystals
NYU (US) — A new method that stops the growth of crystals that form cystine kidney stones suggests a pathway to prevention. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 24, 2010 10:52 - 0 Comments
Genes analyzed in a flash
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Using a new method that quickly analyzes genes, researchers have identified a gene responsible in some families for a devastating inherited kidney disorder. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 25, 2010 11:28 - 0 Comments
Control lipoproteins to control diabetes
UC DAVIS (US)—New research is clarifying the role of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins—carriers of fats in the blood—in the initiation and progression of diabetic nephropathy, the leading cause of premature death in patients with diabetes and the most common cause of long-term kidney failure in the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 24, 2010 10:18 - 1 Comment
Kidney treatment via IV skips surgery
INDIANA U. (US)—A protein whose primary role is in the embryonic development of kidneys may play a future role in treating kidney failure. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 16, 2010 9:36 - 5 Comments
Protein plays active role in rare kidney disease
U. LEEDS (UK)—The discovery of the mechanisms of a protein known to play an active part in an extremely rare inherited kidney disorder called Dent’s disease may provide a new focus for future therapies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 2, 2010 14:23 - 0 Comments
Genes let transplant recipients skip the drugs
EMORY (US)—To prevent rejection, kidney transplant recipients need to take immunosuppressive drugs for the rest of their lives. A handful of people, out of the thousands who have undergone transplantation, have been able to stop taking these drugs without losing their kidneys. (more…)
