News tagged with nephrotoxicity


Microproteinuria: Indicator to monitor CNI-related nephrotoxicity in liver transplant recipients?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Deterioration of renal function with CNI therapy has been widely reported in liver transplant recipients. Microproteinuria has been used to monitor the early changes of nephropathy in renal disease or cardiovascular events. ...


Omega-3 kills cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects. ...