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Kidney transplants: Volume of services correlated with quality of treatment outcomes

In complex operations, is there a correlation between the volume of service provided per hospital and the quality of the treatment outcome? This question is addressed in eight commissions on minimum volumes that the Federal Joint Committee has issued to the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care.

22 May 2020

Blood test could help doctors identify patients at risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Scientists have identified metabolites in the blood that accurately predict whether a woman will develop type 2 diabetes after experiencing a transient form of illness during pregnancy.

22 May 2020

Study identifies risk factors for severe COVID-19 or death in the UK

Age, male sex, obesity, and underlying illness have emerged as risk factors for severe covid-19 or death in the UK, according to the largest cohort study to date published by The BMJ today.

22 May 2020

Indica Labs and Octo announce launch of online COVID Digital Pathology Repository

Indica Labs, a leading provider of computational pathology software, and Octo, a premiere information technology systems provider to the U.S. Federal Government, are pleased to announce the online COVID Digital Pathology Repository, a virtual collection of high resolution microscopic COVID-related human tissue images hosted at the National Institutes of Health.

22 May 2020

A new method to monitor blood damage in real-time

According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than 37 million people are living with kidney disease.

21 May 2020

RAAS inhibitors are safe to use in COVID-19 patients, study shows

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a novel illness that has spread across the globe in just five months. Caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the viral infection binds to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to enter and invade cells.

21 May 2020

Next-gen nano technologies set to transform the medical industry

Next-gen nano technologies that can prevent infection and diagnose disease are set to transform the medical industry as this important UniSA research is awarded more than $2 million dollars under the National Health and Medical Research Council 2021 Investigator Grants.

21 May 2020

Scientist has ‘invisible enemy’ in sights with microscopic portraits of coronavirus

From her laboratory in the far western reaches of Montana, Elizabeth Fischer is trying to help people see what they're up against in COVID-19.

21 May 2020

Study focuses on COVID-19 patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly five million cases and over 327,000 deaths worldwide. The signs and symptoms of this disease are varied, although there are typical features which assist diagnosis.

20 May 2020

Drug combination could eliminate side effects of largely abandoned diabetes treatment

A new UT Southwestern study shows how an effective but largely abandoned treatment for Type 2 diabetes could be used again in combination with another drug to eliminate problematic side effects.

20 May 2020

New collection of mobile apps reduces anxiety and depression during COVID-19

Terrified you will contract COVID-19? Feeling down, lonely and wondering when you'll be able to safely see your friends in person again?

20 May 2020

Mount Sinai venture to develop and scale distribution of COVID antibody test kits

Mount Sinai Health System ("Mount Sinai") and Renalytix AI today announced the formation of Kantaro Biosciences, LLC ("Kantaro"), a Mount Sinai venture, to develop and scale production and distribution of a test kit based on the Mount Sinai-developed high-performance serologic assay for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.

20 May 2020

MicroRNAs in maternal blood may predict development of preeclampsia

Small non-coding RNA molecules, called microRNAs (miRNAs), found and measured in the blood plasma of asymptomatic pregnant women may predict development of preeclampsia, a condition characterized by high blood pressure and abnormal kidney function that affects roughly 5 to 8 percent of all pregnancies.

20 May 2020

Fewer traffic collisions during shutdown means longer waits for organ donations

On Day Two of the San Francisco Bay Area's stay-at-home orders in March, Nohemi Jimenez got into her car in San Pablo, California, waved goodbye to her 3-year-old son and drove to her regular Wednesday dialysis appointment.

19 May 2020

Researchers are developing a diagnostic test that predicts the advanced stages of COVID-19 patients

A research team from the University of Valencia, led by Professor Juan Saus from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is developing a project to provide the healthcare system with a diagnostic test that anticipates the entry into advanced stages of patients with COVID-19 and a scalable oral treatment for the disease.

19 May 2020

Novel insights on SARS-CoV-2 cell entry may inform further vaccine and treatment development

A research group from Harvard Medical School reported two cryo-electron microscopy structures derived from a single preparation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein in their paper available on the preprint server bioRxiv. Understanding the nuances of prefusion and postfusion conformations shed light on viral cell entry and may, in turn, guide the development of vaccines and drugs.

18 May 2020

Cancer biologists identify important drivers of tumor resistance

Cancer biologists at the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, have identified important drivers that enable tumors to change their behavior and evade anticancer therapies.

18 May 2020

New and unexplored angle in the binding of SARS-CoV-2 to host cells

Researchers in the Netherlands, Cuba, and Italy have made important discoveries about the carbohydrate-mediated binding of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein to host cell lectin receptors and host lung microbiota.

17 May 2020

Sociodemographic factors linked to positive SARS-CoV-2 test result in primary care

Older age, being male, deprivation, living in a densely populated area, ethnicity, obesity, and chronic kidney disease are associated with a positive test for COVID-19, according to results from 3,802 people tested for SARS-CoV-2 (including 587 positive tests) in the UK.

15 May 2020

High DPP3 concentration in the blood predicts multiple organ failure in burn patients

Diagnostics company SphingoTec GmbH ("sphingotec") and 4TEEN4 Pharmaceuticals GmbH ("4TEEN4") announced today the publication of new data showing that high blood levels of Dipeptidyl Peptidase 3 (DPP3) are indicating upcoming multiple organ failure and mortality risk in burn patients.

15 May 2020

Kidney News and Research

Kidney transplants: Volume of services correlated with quality of treatment outcomes

Blood test could help doctors identify patients at risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Study identifies risk factors for severe COVID-19 or death in the UK

Indica Labs and Octo announce launch of online COVID Digital Pathology Repository

A new method to monitor blood damage in real-time

RAAS inhibitors are safe to use in COVID-19 patients, study shows

Next-gen nano technologies set to transform the medical industry

Scientist has ‘invisible enemy’ in sights with microscopic portraits of coronavirus

Study focuses on COVID-19 patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Drug combination could eliminate side effects of largely abandoned diabetes treatment

New collection of mobile apps reduces anxiety and depression during COVID-19

Mount Sinai venture to develop and scale distribution of COVID antibody test kits

MicroRNAs in maternal blood may predict development of preeclampsia

Fewer traffic collisions during shutdown means longer waits for organ donations

Researchers are developing a diagnostic test that predicts the advanced stages of COVID-19 patients

Novel insights on SARS-CoV-2 cell entry may inform further vaccine and treatment development

Cancer biologists identify important drivers of tumor resistance

New and unexplored angle in the binding of SARS-CoV-2 to host cells

Sociodemographic factors linked to positive SARS-CoV-2 test result in primary care

High DPP3 concentration in the blood predicts multiple organ failure in burn patients

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