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Mark McIntosh is dying. “And I have never felt more alive,” he says as we walk through his Denver-area home with jazz music humming in the background. McIntosh, 65, needs a kidney transplant. Forever healthy and active, his life turned…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — and a racially…

2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Study PopulationThis single-center, retrospective study enrolled all consecutive patients with HF undergoing ICM invasive procedures at Careggi University Hospital from January 2019 to December 2023,…

1. IntroductionIt is well known that proteinuria is the main predictor of kidney graft loss and that it increases the risks of both global and cardiovascular death . Not only the presence of proteinuria but also the quantity is…

In a world first, we heard last week that US surgeons had transplanted a kidney from a gene-edited pig into a living human. News reports said the procedure was a breakthrough in xenotransplantation – when an organ, cells or tissues…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A systematic review of 35 years of global medical literature finds a spectrum of reasons why people…

4.1. Main OutcomesWhether the impact of recurrence of iMN in a kidney allograft is a significant cause of graft loss remains unclear. Valid diagnosis is required and treatment options should be studied further. The meta-analysis…

Alexandre Boulanger is better know for building self-balancing exoskeletons at Wandercraft. For his next trick the Paris-based robotics entrepreneur is fronting work on a far lighter kind of wearable: An arm-worn patch for…

Surgeons perform the pig kidney transplant. The surgery took place last week, and the patient is recovering well and is expected to be discharged from the…

1. IntroductionHypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are pathophysiological states that are intimately related, as hypertension can be both a cause and a consequence of CKD. The prevalence of hypertension is high among patients…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessReview by Soisungwan SatarugSoisungwan Satarug Prof. Soisungwan Satarug is an academic researcher from the Translational…

The kidney transplant procedure is the first of its kind in a living personMichelle Rose/MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old man living with…

The kidney transplant procedure is the first of its kind in a living personMichelle Rose/MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old man living with…

1. IntroductionThe intrinsic dependence of a biological system on extracellular L-arginine is known as arginine auxotrophy . Arginine auxotrophic cells are not capable of recycling or synthetizing intracellular arginine through the urea…

Tet2-deficient macrophages are hyperinflammatory in early ischemic kidney injury. Credit: Nature Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-02854-6…

Posted on March 7th, 2024 by Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli The protein Sox9 switches on…

Medical illustration of living kidney donation. Credit: Mayo Clinic With more than 90,000 people in the U.S. awaiting kidney transplants,…

1. IntroductionSince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 2020, there have been over 760 million cases and 6.8 million deaths reported as of March 2023 . SARS-CoV-2 utilizes the angiotensin-converting…

1. IntroductionKidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for end-stage kidney disease, offering improved quality of life and survival compared to dialysis . However, despite advances in surgical techniques and immunosuppression,…

In the year 2000, there were 13,600 kidney transplants in the United States. Just 22 years later, that number topped 25,000—in part because of some creative thinking from Dr. Al Roth, an economist and Stanford University…

1. IntroductionIn the last few years, high-income countries reported end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) prevalence around 800–2400 per million population . A 2016 meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the world…

1. IntroductionSystemic inflammation without evident clinical infection is common in CKD patients . This can exacerbate various pre-existing comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, malnutrition and erythropoietin-resistant anemia,…

2.1. Chronic Impairment of the Immune System in CKDIndividuals with CKD are at an increased risk of death from non-cardiovascular causes, mainly by infection . Of note, kidneys can be among the target organs during infections by…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Biomedicines 2024, 12(2), 366; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12020366 (registering DOI) Submission received: 7 January 2024 /…

By Eddy BallChronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) has become a widespread threat to health among the agricultural populations of developing countries in South Asia and along the Pacific Coast of Central America, most…

KTRs have a unique condition characterized by a combination of continuous and prolonged use of immunosuppressive drugs and the sum of morbid conditions. Immunosuppressive drugs modulate the clinical response and outcomes of infectious…

In the published article, there was an error in the Acknowledgments, which listed an incorrect project number (“NBU-FFR-2023-0177”). The correct Acknowledgments appear below. Acknowledgments The authors extend their appreciation to the…

By Adeline Lopez The workshop was an international collaborative effort between NIEHS, NIDDK, IRET, PAHO, SEARO, and CENCAM. Pictured here, members of the organizing committee and other collaborators from left to right: Brittany…

About the Mount Sinai Health System Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight…

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common form of polycystic kidney disease, can lead to kidney enlargement and eventual loss of function. The disease affects more than 12 million…

1 Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a global public health concern (Levey et al., 2007). The Global Burden of Disease Study in 2010, ranking causes of mortality worldwide from 1990 to 2010, highlighted CKD's rise from…

NIST bioanalytical chemist Ashley Beasley Green leads the urine albumin standardization program and developed the standard reference material (SRM) for albumin in human…

Investigation and Results In July 2022, a pediatric nephrologist at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in The Gambia’s capital city of Banjul alerted MoH to a cluster of AKI cases among children. Data on AKI incidence are not…

Kidney Diet Say No to Herbal Supplements Herbal supplements aren’t safe if you have kidney disease. Some can hurt your kidneys and even make kidney disease worse. Some vitamins can cause kidney problems too and should also be…

Kidney Diet Say No to Herbal SupplementsHerbal supplements aren’t safe if you have kidney disease. Some can hurt your kidneys and even make kidney disease worse. Some vitamins can cause kidney problems too and should also be avoided.…

Start Preamble Pursuant to section 1009 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of a…

Other Names for Added SugarAccording to the Food and Drug Administration, added sugars include sugars that are added during the processing of foods (such as sucrose or dextrose), foods packaged as sweeteners (such as table sugar), sugars…

Know Your RiskYou are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes if you have a parent, brother, or sister who has type 2 diabetes; are overweight; are 45 years or older; are physically active fewer than 3 times a week; or have ever had…

Anyone Can Get Type 1 DiabetesIt isn’t completely clear what causes type 1 diabetes, but we know that diet and lifestyle habits don’t. Type 1 is thought to be the result of an autoimmune response, where your body attacks the cells in…

Organs soon run out of energy while they are between donor and recipient, but an electric field could keep them running and improve…

After completing a human trial of modified pig skin grafts last year, a team in China hopes to start the first pig organ transplant…

Sean Kidney, the CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, speaks to us about his views on Climate Change and bringing businesses and governments together to invest in green infrastructure. How can we battle climate change in corporation with…