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Pre-existing conditions can increase patient's risk of dying from COVID-19

A large, international study of COVID-19 patients confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, stroke and cancer can increase a patient's risk of dying from the virus.

8 Oct 2020

Less than 10% of US adults have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

A new study by researchers at Stanford University and Ascend Clinical Laboratory and published in the journal The Lancet in September 2020 reports the prevalence of antibodies to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus in a dialysis patient population in the US.

5 Oct 2020

Study fails to establish independent risk factors for SARS-COV-2 infection in HIV patients

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread worldwide, a new study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases in September 2020 reports that people with HIV infection are not at greater risk of COVID-19 compared to the general population.

5 Oct 2020

Quality services at healthcare facilities could reduce ‘devastating’ birth injury

The number of women in Uganda suffering from obstetric fistula will continue to rise if they go to local traditional healers because healthcare facilities with trained staff are inaccessible, a study warns.

5 Oct 2020

Study reveals factors that increase risk of hospitalization and death in HIV patients diagnosed with COVID-19

Clinical trials are testing whether medications that treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can also treat COVID-19, leading some patients with HIV to believe they might be protected against the coronavirus.

1 Oct 2020

NIH awards grants for using bioengineered models to improve clinical trial design

Clinical Trials on a Chip researchers plan to build and test common and rare disease models to help improve the clinical trial process.

30 Sep 2020

Cancer chemotherapy changes the function of cells that repair heart injury

Cancer chemotherapy changes the function of cells that repair heart injury, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) discovered.

30 Sep 2020

All-in-one surgical approach is a safe and viable option for patients with polycystic kidney disease

Patients with large polycystic kidneys in need of a kidney transplant can have their diseased kidneys safely removed laparoscopically at the same time as their transplant surgery. That is the finding of a Mayo Clinic study recently published in the American Journal of Transplantation.

29 Sep 2020

Study unravels how lysosomal damage response pathways prevent kidney injury

Human cells need to work like well-oiled machines to keep our bodies running as they should. Waste products such as misfolded proteins, damaged cellular components, and carbohydrates get in the way and must be quickly disposed of.

28 Sep 2020

Study finds new treatment approach for patients with salt sensitive hypertension

High blood pressure (hypertension) affects one in two U.S. adults and can cause hardening and thickening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), which can lead to heart attacks, strokes or other complications including chronic kidney disease.

28 Sep 2020

Newer Type 2 diabetes medications could reduce kidney, heart disease risks

Two newer groups of medications prescribed primarily for Type 2 diabetes treatment (SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists) could significantly reduce risks associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart disease.

28 Sep 2020

Special formulation of inhaled niclosamide may be effective against SARS-CoV-2

Now in new research published on the preprint server bioRxix*, a novel formulation of the drug Niclosamide (NIC) is observed to be effective against SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV in mouse models; it also protects against methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia and inflammatory lung damage.

28 Sep 2020

Shorter time from COVID-19 symptom onset to hospitalization linked to disease severity, death

New research presented at this week's ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held online) shows that a shorter time from symptom onset to hospitalization is associated with more serious disease and death in patients with COVID-19.

26 Sep 2020

New study links 160 genes to brain shrinkage

A new study implicates 160 genes in brain shrinkage seen on MRIs of 45,000 healthy adults. The shrinkage is in the cortex, the dimply outer layer of the brain that gives rise to thinking, awareness and action, and largely consists of gray matter.

25 Sep 2020

Study examines the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on health care disparities

A new Viewpoint piece published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the ways in which COVID-19 disproportionately impacts historically disadvantaged communities of color in the United States, and how baseline inequalities in our health system are amplified by the pandemic.

25 Sep 2020

Social inequities in Black and South Asian immigrants increase risk of severe COVID-19 infection

Black, South Asian and Aboriginal populations from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds in Canada are nearly four times more likely to have three or more medical conditions that have been identified as risk factors for severe illness from COVID-19.

25 Sep 2020

Kidney Disease News and Research

Pre-existing conditions can increase patient's risk of dying from COVID-19

Less than 10% of US adults have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

Study fails to establish independent risk factors for SARS-COV-2 infection in HIV patients

Quality services at healthcare facilities could reduce ‘devastating’ birth injury

Study reveals factors that increase risk of hospitalization and death in HIV patients diagnosed with COVID-19

NIH awards grants for using bioengineered models to improve clinical trial design

Cancer chemotherapy changes the function of cells that repair heart injury

All-in-one surgical approach is a safe and viable option for patients with polycystic kidney disease

Study unravels how lysosomal damage response pathways prevent kidney injury

Study finds new treatment approach for patients with salt sensitive hypertension

Newer Type 2 diabetes medications could reduce kidney, heart disease risks

Special formulation of inhaled niclosamide may be effective against SARS-CoV-2

Shorter time from COVID-19 symptom onset to hospitalization linked to disease severity, death

New study links 160 genes to brain shrinkage

Study examines the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on health care disparities

Social inequities in Black and South Asian immigrants increase risk of severe COVID-19 infection

Lack of considerations in cumulative effect of food chemicals could have contributed to increased chronic diseases

Study: 5 to 10% of surgically induced weight loss linked with cardiovascular benefits

UIC awarded over $4 million to establish research center for mental health issues

Diabetes leads to drastic reduction in the kidney's potential to clean itself

Free guide - Everything about renal proximal tubule cells eBook

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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