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Hypertension is a common condition in chronic kidney disease (CDK) patients. Tight control of blood pressure (BP) is recommended to reduce premature cardiovascular disease in patients who undergo dialysis, but ... Read more

August 1, 2016August 1, 2016

D-amino Acids Could Be Kidney Disease Biomarkers, Researchers Find

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Increased plasma levels of D-amino were shown in a study to predict the risk of disease progression in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. The data from the Japanese study, which enrolled 108 ... Read more

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016

Treating Vitamin D Deficiency in Kidney Disease with Calcifediol Looks Promising, Study Shows

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) impairs kidney function, which often causes deficient levels of vitamin D, many times leading to secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT). Vitamin D insufficiency has also been associated with increased ... Read more

October 12, 2015October 12, 2015

Scientists Find a Way of Boosting Kidney Repair After Acute Kidney Injury

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Research has shown that boosting the kidney’s intrinsic repair mechanisms is a strategy to treat renal injury. In a study entitled “Sox9 Activation Highlights a Cellular Pathway of Renal Repair in ... Read more

April 27, 2015April 27, 2015

Courtagen Introduces New Tests for Mitochrondrial Disorders

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Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc., released several new Next Generation Sequencing tests designed to evaluate people with epilepsy and mitochondrial disease. Mitochondrial diseases are inherited or chronic illness. They can occur either at ... Read more

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015

Study Identifies New Mutations of Mitochondrial Disorders Associated with CoQ10 Deficiency

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A collaborative team of German and Italian researchers from the Institute of Human Genetics (Neuherberg) and the Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carettere Scientifico (Milan) identified mutations in the ... Read more

March 18, 2015March 20, 2015

Cutting-edge Imaging Techniques Reveal New mtDNA Control Processes That May Be Involved In Mitochondrial Diseases

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Mitochondria consist of small structures having evolved from bacteria engulfed by cells. This bacterial origin explains why mitochondria has its own genetic material (mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA) distinct from the nuclear ... Read more

March 10, 2015March 10, 2015

Prenatal Diagnostic Testing for Mitochondrial Diseases May Help Future Parents, UK Study Shows

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Researchers studied the prenatal diagnostic services provided in the UK for mitochondrial diseases since 2007. The study entitled “A national perspective on prenatal testing for mitochondrial disease” was published on ... Read more

March 4, 2015March 20, 2015

Brain and Muscle Disorders may be Caused by a Dysfunctional Mitochondrial Calcium Channel

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A collaboration between researchers from Leeds’ St. James’s University Hospital, University College London (UCL) and the Institute of Child Health (UCL) identified a gene mutation affecting mitochondrial calcium (Ca2+) levels ... Read more

February 20, 2015February 23, 2015

Toxins Crossing the Placental Barrier Can Lead To Mitochondrial Toxcicity, Diseases

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A recent controversial decision to legalize “three parent babies” in the United Kingdom has led researchers to believe that they may have found a solution for heading off genetically transferred Mitochondrial Diseases ... Read more