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Gene linked with human kidney aging

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A gene has been associated with human kidney aging, according to researchers from Stanford University, the National Institute on Aging, the MedStar Research Institute, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. In work ...


Mount Sinai leads unprecedented attempt to discover rules for assembling human tissue

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and two other academic institutions have received federal funding to systematically assemble functional human kidney tissue from tissue modeled on a computer. If successful, ...


Study shows new approach to prevent antibody-mediated damage in kidney transplants

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early results from a Mayo Clinic research study demonstrate the effectiveness of a new approach to blocking an important part of the immune system that causes severe damage to some kidney transplants. Historically, these ...


Finding will improve accuracy of cancer diagnosis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) investigators working in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic researchers have determined that two types of kidney tumors previously thought to be different diseases are actually variations ...


Roadkill study could speed detection of kidney cancer

Roadkill study could speed detection of kidney cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Large-scale data mining of gene networks in fruit flies has led researchers to a sensitive and specific diagnostic biomarker for human renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer. In the journal ...