A new study explores the genetics of chronic kidney disease across diverse African populations.
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Too often, patients with chronic kidney disease get diagnosed too late – if at all. Addressing risk factors early can stave off the disease’s worst effects.
A study shows a significant genetic risk factor for kidney disease in people from Ghana and Nigeria.
The need for organs to transplant far exceeds the supply.
Caring about someone you have never met, this new brain research suggests, may have a lot in common with caring about the people you love.
Many patients with end stage kidney disease would live longer and have a better quality of life with a kidney transplant compared to staying on dialysis.
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Nephrologist, PhD candidate at Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Surgery; Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Consultant Nephrologist, University of Ibadan
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Reader, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
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Assistant Professor of Population Health Nursing Science, University of Illinois Chicago
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Professor and Chair of Genomic Diversity, Queen Mary University of London