OPKO Health reported interim results from an ongoing Phase IV clinical trial comparing Rayaldee with three common treatment regimens for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in adult patients with stage… read more.
Oncology Venture has had a meeting with the FDA to discuss a potential path to approval for dovitinib used to treat Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) (kidney cancer), the… read more.
Researchers find that several genetic disorders, including MUC1 kidney disease, may share a novel molecular mechanism — and identify a promising therapeutic lead. Misfolded MUC1-fs protein (green) builds up in the kidneys of a mouse model of MUC1 kidney disease.
A new study from St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada shed lights on how a class of medications that help regulate blood sugar for patients with Type 2… read more.
People with high blood pressure who take all their anti-hypertensive medication in one go at bedtime have better controlled blood pressure and a significantly lower risk of death… read more.
These kidney macrophages reprogram to a developmental state after kidney injury, similar to those in newborn mice.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers have identified an across-the-board cardiovascular benefit for patients treated with a diabetes drug, liraglutide, with decreases reported in overall risk of heart attack, stroke,… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: In intermediate-risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) is similar to surgical aortic-valve replacement with respect to death or disabling stroke.
by Maria Dalby: Organ donation from children aged less than 2 years is extremely rare in the UK but could offer significant scope for expanding the donor pool…. read more.
by Maria Dalby: Organ donation from children aged less than 2 years is extremely rare in the UK but could offer significant scope for expanding the donor pool…. read more.
Controversies in UK organ transplantation: have we gone too far in terms of organ quantity at the expense of organ quality? John Forsythe, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Chris… read more.
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