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Renal news roundup from AKF
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Innovation in Renal Care
A Phase 3 trial of Medeor Therapeutics' novel stem cell therapy MDR-101 showed promise for kidney transplant recipients, allowing 16 of 19 patients to stop...
Innovation in Renal Care
Lisa Pisano, the second person to receive a genetically modified pigkidney, had to have it removed 47 days after transplantation, as the heart pump she was us...
Research News
Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that expanding the kidney donor pool could be possible with little risk, with one...
Research News
According to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitorswas linked with lower risk of cardiovascu...
Research News
Research involving patients with existing renal insufficiency and baseline normoalbuminuria shows albuminuria levels on the higher side of the normal range have...
Research News
A study published in the journal Menopause found that postmenopausal women with CKD are around 40% more likely to have fewer than 20 teeth, impacting their abil...
Policy Watch
The Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act, which has been reintroduced in the Senate, would add preventive CKD screenings to Medicare...
Policy Watch
DeepQure's HyperQure system for renal denervation has received investigational device exemption approval from the FDA. The extravascular device is for trea...
Patient Perspective
Stephen Munari always knew he'd be the kidney donor for his son, Jaren — who was born with one kidney and diagnosed with branchio-oto-renal syndrome, a r...