Scientists Make Strides Toward Drug Therapy for Inherited Kidney Disease

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that patients with an inherited kidney disease may be helped by a drug that is currently available for other uses. The findings are published in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National...

TGen Findings Contribute to Understanding of Diabetic Kidney Disease

A gene called PVT1 may help reduce the kidneys ability to filter blood, leading to kidney disease, kidney failure and death, according to a study published today by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). The TGen team found...

Not All Kidney Patients Treated Equal: Differences in Care for Patients Beginning on Dialysis

Kidney disease patients insured by some federally sponsored national health care organizations are more likely to undergo an important predialysis procedure than patients with other types of insurance, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue...

New Legal Rights for Britain’s NHS Patients

Patients in Britain will have legal rights to maximum waiting times for elective procedures and urgent cancer referrals and to an NHS Health Check every five years for those aged 40-74, if proposals published today are taken forward. The proposals, set...