Nephrology News and Research

RSS

Nephrology is a branch of internal medicine and pediatrics dealing with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney.

Study may help scientists to better understand complications caused by drug therapy in kidney transplant patients

New research will help scientists and medical professionals to better understand the long-term complications caused by an immunosuppressant drug used to treat thousands of kidney transplant patients.

11 Sep 2015

High blood pressure, smoking, and poor dietary habits are greatest risk factors for death

A huge international study of global causes of death has revealed that since 1990, there has been a profound change in risk factors for death.

11 Sep 2015

Children consume more calories, fewer fruits and vegetables outside of child care centers

A recent study conducted by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has found that preschool age children are consuming more calories and fewer fruits, vegetables and milk outside of child care centers than what is recommended by the USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program.

10 Sep 2015

ICU-related mortality may explain variations in cancer outcomes

A Scottish population-based study has characterised the incidence of critical illness resulting in admission to an intensive care unit during the first 2 years after a cancer diagnosis.

9 Sep 2015

Diabetes often goes undiagnosed in more than half of Asian Americans

More than half of Asian Americans and nearly half of Hispanic Americans with diabetes are undiagnosed, according to researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

9 Sep 2015

DCR launches Biospecimen Research Grant Program

DaVita Clinical Research, a specialty contract research organization with services spanning a broad spectrum of drug and device development, announced today its Biospecimen Research Grant Program (BioReG), a grant program to award clinical-trial-quality biospecimens and annotated de-identified data to academic medical centers involved in kidney research.

8 Sep 2015

Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier could potentially be a new drug target to treat diabetes

High blood sugar is a defining characteristic of Type 2 diabetes and the cause of many of the condition's complications, including kidney failure, heart disease, and blindness. Most diabetes medications aim to maintain normal blood sugar (glucose) levels and prevent high blood sugar by controlling insulin.

3 Sep 2015

TMIGD1 protein could be a novel target for restoring kidney function from kidney disease

A new discovery by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers may change how kidney disease is treated in the future.

3 Sep 2015

Amgen announces MAA submission to EMA for novel calcimimetic agent etelcalcetide

Amgen today announced the submission of a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency via the centralized procedure for etelcalcetide (formerly AMG 416) for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on hemodialysis therapy. If approved, etelcalcetide will be the first calcimimetic agent that can be administered intravenously.

3 Sep 2015

UC San Diego-led research team awarded $1.89 million to carry out research on leptospirosis

An international research team, headed by Joseph Vinetz, MD, professor of medicine at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and director of the UC San Diego Center for Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health, has been awarded a 5-year, $1.89 million cooperative agreement to carry out translational research studies of leptospirosis, an infectious and sometimes fatal bacterial disease endemic in much of the world.

2 Sep 2015

New NIH grants support research that combines DNA sequence information and electronic medical records

A dozen awards from the National Institutes of Health will support research that incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records. The goal of research conducted by the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) network is to better understand the genomic basis of disease and to tailor medical care to individual patients based on their genomic differences.

2 Sep 2015

Finerenone drug improves albuminuria among patients with diabetes and kidney disease

Among patients with diabetes and kidney disease, most receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker, the addition of the medication finerenone compared with placebo resulted in improvement in albuminuria (the presence of excessive protein [chiefly albumin] in the urine), according to a study in the September 1 issue of JAMA.

2 Sep 2015

Finerenone effective in heart failure patients with diabetes and/or chronic kidney disease

In heart failure patients with diabetes and/or chronic kidney disease, a new, non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) called finerenone was no more effective than the currently approved MRA eplerenone in reducing the heart failure biomarker N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide [NT-proBNP].

1 Sep 2015

GARFIELD-AF Registry: All-cause death is most frequent major event in newly diagnosed AF patients

The first-ever two-year outcomes from the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the Field - Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) showcased at ESC Congress 2015 expose that all-cause death was the most frequent major event in more than 17,000 newly diagnosed AF patients, far exceeding the rate of stroke or major bleeding.

1 Sep 2015

UCSF-led team develops new technique to create tiny models of human tissues

A UCSF-led team has developed a technique to build tiny models of human tissues, called organoids, more precisely than ever before using a process that turns human cells into a biological equivalent of LEGO bricks. These mini-tissues in a dish can be used to study how particular structural features of tissue affect normal growth or go awry in cancer. They could be used for therapeutic drug screening and to help teach researchers how to grow whole human organs.

1 Sep 2015

MACC1 gene can help predict better treatment options for patients with Klatskin carcinoma

Bile duct cancer is rare and is usually detected too late. Often only extensive liver surgery can help or, in rare cases, liver transplantation. But which patients will benefit from surgery and which will not, because their risk of cancer recurrence is too high? With the oncogene MACC1 as a biomarker, physicians for the first time have a tool to decide which treatment option is best for patients with Klatskin carcinoma, one type of bile duct cancer.

1 Sep 2015

DaVita Kidney Care to establish kidney care specialty hospital chain in Shandong province China

DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) and a leading global provider of kidney care services, today announced it is forming a joint venture kidney care specialty hospital chain in Shandong province China.

31 Aug 2015

Drinking coffee increases risk of cardiovascular events in young adults with mild hypertension

Coffee drinking is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events (mainly heart attacks) in young adults (18-45) with mild hypertension, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Lucio Mos, a cardiologist at Hospital of San Daniele del Friuli in Udine, Italy.

29 Aug 2015

Study sheds further light on the way APOL1 protein kills trypanosmoe

The African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei is a blood parasite capable of infecting many mammals. Humans are provided with natural immunity against infection through the activity of the protein apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1): captured via endocytosis, APOL1 forms pores in the lysosomal membrane, leading to the death of the trypanosome.

27 Aug 2015

New NCCN Guidelines for Patients and NCCN Quick Guide for Kidney Cancer published

Kidney Cancer is among the 10 most diagnosed cancers in both men and women in the United States, and it is estimated that more than 60,000 new cases of kidney cancer will be diagnosed in 2015.

27 Aug 2015

Nephrology News and Research

Further Reading

Study may help scientists to better understand complications caused by drug therapy in kidney transplant patients

High blood pressure, smoking, and poor dietary habits are greatest risk factors for death

Children consume more calories, fewer fruits and vegetables outside of child care centers

ICU-related mortality may explain variations in cancer outcomes

Diabetes often goes undiagnosed in more than half of Asian Americans

DCR launches Biospecimen Research Grant Program

Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier could potentially be a new drug target to treat diabetes

TMIGD1 protein could be a novel target for restoring kidney function from kidney disease

Amgen announces MAA submission to EMA for novel calcimimetic agent etelcalcetide

UC San Diego-led research team awarded $1.89 million to carry out research on leptospirosis

New NIH grants support research that combines DNA sequence information and electronic medical records

Finerenone drug improves albuminuria among patients with diabetes and kidney disease

Finerenone effective in heart failure patients with diabetes and/or chronic kidney disease

GARFIELD-AF Registry: All-cause death is most frequent major event in newly diagnosed AF patients

UCSF-led team develops new technique to create tiny models of human tissues

MACC1 gene can help predict better treatment options for patients with Klatskin carcinoma

DaVita Kidney Care to establish kidney care specialty hospital chain in Shandong province China

Drinking coffee increases risk of cardiovascular events in young adults with mild hypertension

Study sheds further light on the way APOL1 protein kills trypanosmoe

New NCCN Guidelines for Patients and NCCN Quick Guide for Kidney Cancer published

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Latest News