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    September 23, 2015September 23, 2015

    High Dietary Sodium And Potassium Associated With Increased Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease Progression

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    Results from a recent study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) revealed that high urinary sodium and potassium excretion are associated with an increased risk of ... Read more
    September 18, 2015September 18, 2015

    Hospitalized Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Unaware of Their Condition

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    Results from a recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine showed that patient awareness of their chronic kidney disease diagnosis is low and that hospitalization provides an opportunity to ... Read more
    September 16, 2015September 16, 2015

    Acute Kidney Injury Definition May Misclassify Patients

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    In a recent study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, a team of researchers from Yale have determined that the present-day definition of acute kidney ... Read more
    September 11, 2015September 11, 2015

    Researchers Discuss the Implementation of Targeted-Therapies in Renal Fibrosis

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    In a review paper entitled “Precision renal medicine: a roadmap towards targeted kidney fibrosis therapies”, published in the Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair journal, researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen, ... Read more
    September 10, 2015September 10, 2015

    New Protein TMIGD1 Protects Renal Cells from Injury

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    A new protein discovered at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in the laboratory of Nader Rahimi, PhD, may change the way patients with chronic kidney disease are treated. In ... Read more
    September 8, 2015September 8, 2015

    Amgen Submits Marketing Authorization Application For IV Etelcalcetide For Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in CKD

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    Amgen announced it has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) through the centralized procedure for etelcalcetide (formerly AMG 416) for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism ... Read more
    September 4, 2015September 4, 2015

    Chronic Kidney Disease: New Insights Into the Mechanisms of Its Progression

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    In a recent paper published in PLoS One journal entitled “Molecular Markers of Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Cell Damage in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease“, researchers reported novel insights on how ... Read more
    September 3, 2015September 3, 2015

    Bayer HealthCare Announces Expansion of Finerenone Clinical Development Program in Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease and Chronic Heart Failure

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    Bayer HealthCare, a subgroup of Bary AG and one of the world’s leading innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry, recently announced it will expand their clinical development ... Read more
    September 2, 2015September 2, 2015

    Non-Albuminuric CKD Increases Risk for Cardiovascular Events And Mortality Risk in Type 1 Diabetes Patients

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    Results from a recent study published in the journal Diabetes Care, showed that adults with type 1 diabetes and non-albuminuric chronic kidney disease are at increased risk for both cardiovascular events and all-cause death, ... Read more
    September 1, 2015September 1, 2015

    Meta-Analysis of Serum Phosphorus, Progression and Mortality in CKD Patients

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    Results from a meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases indicate there is an independent association between serum phosphorus level, kidney failure and mortality among non–dialysis-dependent patients suffering from chronic ... Read more
    August 31, 2015August 31, 2015

    Acute Kidney Injury After Carotic Artery Implantation Higher in CKD Patients

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    Results from a recent study published in the journal JACC Cardiovascular Interventions revealed that Acute Kidney Injury in Chronic Kidney Disease patients undergoing Carotic Artery Implantation (CAS) is mostly due to ... Read more
    August 28, 2015August 28, 2015

    Symic Biomedical Granted $1.5 Million by NIH to Develop Proteoglycan Mimetic Therapy for Vascular Access Failure in ESRD

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    Symic Biomedical, Inc., a company focused on developing therapeutics that offer an exciting and biologically innovative approach to treating disease, announced it received a Phase II SBIR grant from the National ... Read more
    August 27, 2015August 28, 2015

    Amgen Submits NDA for Etelcalcetide To Treat Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in CKD

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    Biotechnology pioneer, Amgen, recently announced it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug Administration for its investigational drug etelcalcetide (formerly known as AMG 416), indicated ... Read more
    August 26, 2015August 27, 2015

    Chronic Kidney Disease – Mineral Bone Disorder Syndrome Linked To Increase Cardiovascular Risk

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    Researchers at Washington University Saint Louis conducted a review on the different aspects of a syndrome called chronic kidney disease (CKD) – mineral bone disorder (MBD). The study is entitled ... Read more
    August 25, 2015August 25, 2015

    Low Rate of Dialysis Facility Referral for Kidney Transplantation Evaluation

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    Results from a recent study published in the journal JAMA showed that in the state of Georgia only a limited portion of patients treated with dialysis were referred for kidney ... Read more
    August 24, 2015August 24, 2015

    Red Blood Cell Distribution Width In Gout Patients May Indicate Chronic Kidney Disease

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    Results from a recent study presented during the European League Against Rheumatism Annual European Congress of Rheumatology showed that measuring red blood cell distribution width in patients with gout during ... Read more
    August 19, 2015August 19, 2015

    AstraZeneca & Isis Pharmaceuticals Collaborate For New Antisense Drugs To Treat Renal Diseases

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    Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and AstraZeneca have recently announced they are strategically collaborating to advance antisense therapies to address metabolic, cardiovascular and renal diseases. This new collaboration is based on an already existing relationship between the two ... Read more
    August 14, 2015August 14, 2015

    More Than Half US Adults Likely to Develop CKD, According to Study

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    Awareness of chronic kidney disease, defined by kidney damage or reduced glomerular filtration rate, remains low in the United States, and few estimates of its future burden exist. To address ... Read more
    August 13, 2015August 13, 2015

    Ember to Receive $6 Million From Knight Therapeutics For Exclusive Distribution of CKD Drug

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    Leading Canadian speciality pharmaceutical company, Knight Therapeutics, Inc., together with Ember Therapeutics, Inc., a New York-based privately held company specializing in therapies for osteoarthritis, kidney fibrosis and other indications using Bone ... Read more
    August 12, 2015August 12, 2015

    Southern-Style Diet Increases Risk For Heart And Chronic Kidney Disease

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    In a recent study published in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal, a team of researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that regular consumption of the “Southern-style” diet ... Read more

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