First pig kidney transplant recipient dies
He was one of the great hopes of xenotransplantation for millions of people around the world: almost two months after ...
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She receives a genetically modified pig kidney: a second success for the medical world
A genetically modified pig kidney has been transplanted in the United States for the second time into a living person, ...
A first successful pig kidney transplant: the recipient leaves the hospital in good health
A 62-year-old American leaves the hospital just two weeks after successfully undergoing a genetically modified pig kidney transplant at Massachusetts ...
United States: Pig kidney transplanted into living patient for first time
Surgeons have transplanted the kidney of a genetically modified pig into a living patient, a first which represents a new ...
Commercial AI tool with moderate success in predicting hospitalization-related kidney injury
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Hospital-acquired acute kidney injury (HA-AKI) is a common complication in hospitalized patients that can lead to ...
Even once resolved, acute kidney injury in newborns can be life-threatening from the first episode.
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Our resilient kidneys are invaluable members of the body's purification system and excellent at bouncing back ...
New sex-specific genetic variants for chronic kidney disease identified
Analysis of SNP interactions by sex. We tested the 23 identified cue variants for interaction with gender. Comparisons of effect ...
New drug candidate may shrink kidney cysts
The cysts that appear in PKD cause the kidneys to enlarge until they no longer function properly (center image). On ...
Kidney Macrophages Observed Playing Crucial Role in Preventing Kidney Stones
Graphical summary. Credit: Immunity (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.12.003 Researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China, studied how the innate immune ...
Significant benefit seen in phase III trial of experimental kidney disease drug
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain In a clinical trial of patients with chronic kidney disease, an investigational drug significantly reduced albuminuria ...
