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Study finds large disparity in access to kidney transplants for UK patients
Friday, 23 July 2010- Large variations exist in access to kidney transplants for patients in the UK, which cannot be explained by case mix (differences in a patient's condition), according to a new study published on an online...
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Organ trafficking for live donor kidney transplants amongst Indoasians in the UK
Monday, 19 July 2010- Some Indoasian (IA) patients with established renal failure travel abroad for commercial kidney transplantation. A group of researchers compared the one-year outcomes of IA patients from one UK region who...
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Ethnicity affects CKD progression
Tuesday, 7 July 2010- Caucasians with CKD have a significantly lower rate of renal function decline than Oriental Asians (OA) and South Asians (SA) with CKD, a new analysis revealed. The study, however, also showed that...
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Using multidetector computed tomography in pre-operatively assessing living kidney donors
Monday, 5 July 2010- M. Knox and colleagues conducted a study to evaluate multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) with a triple-bolus contrast administration protocol for preoperative anatomical and functional assessment of...
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Newly published research examines association between CKD and CYP24
Thursday, 18 June 2010- Cytochroma today announced the publication of new data from studies in a preclinical model indicating that chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with markedly increased expression of the vitamin D...
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Kidney surgery blood flow studied
Friday, 18 June 2010- U.S. scientists at the Mayo and Cleveland clinics say they've found blood flow interruption during kidney cancer surgery can lead to chronic kidney disease.
The researchers said their retrospective study...
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Genetic biomarker links kidney disease to African descent
Thursday, 17 June 2010- A genetic biomarker was isolated for a potentially fatal kidney disease and could lead to new therapeutic approaches and save more lives.
Israeli scientists studied data from hospitals in the New York...
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Limiting blood flow interruption during kidney surgery avoids chronic kidney disease
Wednesday, 16 June 2010- Interrupting the blood flow for more than 20 to 25 minutes during kidney cancer surgery leads to a greater risk for patients developing chronic kidney disease, a Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic...
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Income, race combine to make perfect storm for kidney disease
Thursday, 10 June 2010- African Americans with incomes below the poverty line have a significantly higher risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) than higher-income African-Americans or whites of any socioeconomic status, research...
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Kidney transplants: expanding the pool of available organs
Monday, 24 May 2010- In the last decade physicians and surgeons began using organs from donors who suffered cardiac death (DCD) as an alternative to organs transplanted after donor brain death (DBD). DBD kidneys are believed to...
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