Renal news roundup from AKF
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Innovation in Renal Care
Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched the One Lambda Pre-Transplant Risk Assessment assay, which provides a patient with a personalized risk score based on thei...
Innovation in Renal Care
The Lowry Renal Center in Denver is a joint venture of the University of Colorado Hospital's renal division and several other departments of its medical sc...
Research News
Empaveli, or pegcetacoplan, a drug co-developed by Apellis Pharmaceuticals and Sobi to treat paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, has shown promise in treating ...
Research News
Acute kidney injury (AKI) significantly raises the risk of kidney failure requiring replacement therapy among older veterans with advanced chronic kidney diseas...
Research News
Metformin was linked to a reduced risk of renal function decline compared with other antidiabetic drugs and may be useful in managing renal function in patients...
Research News
Researchers said higher nutritional risk was associated with infection-related hospitalization but not cardiovascular-related hospitalization for patients on di...
Policy Watch
The FDA approved Novartis' Fabhalta for proteinuria reduction in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN), a type of kidney disease, based on data from a Phase...
Opinion, Commentary and Analysis
CKD affects 1 in 7 American adults, with many unaware of their condition until it's severe, and those with rare kidney diseases are often diagnosed late an...
Patient Perspective
Harry Stackhouse, a 74-year-old Illinois resident, underwent a kidney transplant while awake, with surgeons at the Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive Transplan...