POSTS TAGGED AS kidney disease

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD+) Deficiency in Kidney Disease

NAD+ and mtRNA drive human kidney diseases
“Here we [renal scientists at the University of Pennsylvania] show that nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide [MORE]

Electronic Nose Detects Kidney Disease

E. coli bacteria turned into nanowire factory for artificial nose
From researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst: “. . . .  [MORE]

Simpler Method for Growing Lung Organoids

Human airway epithelial organoids
“We [at University of Freiburg] describe a simple method to generate organoid cultures using isolated human tracheobronchial [MORE]

A 30 Minute to 24 Hour Dialysis Machine

 
Portable dialysis machine
Outset Medical (San Jose, CA) has received private capital to commercialize its “Tablo” portable dialysis machine.  But this [MORE]

CRISPR for Diagnostics

Urine testing based on CRISPR–Cas13
In this report from a collaboration between American and German biomedical researchers, “we show that a [MORE]

Gene Therapy for Delayed Aging

George M. Church
Scientists at Rejuvenate Bio (San Diego, CA), including Harvard biologist and company founder George Church, have done experiments [MORE]

Senolytics in Kidney Disease

Senescent fibroblast
“In a small safety and feasibility clinical trial, Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated for the first time that senescent [MORE]

AI in Predicting Kidney Disease

Kidney disease
“. . . Alphabet’s artificial intelligence lab DeepMind showed progress toward that kind of disease prediction, starting with a [MORE]

Stem Cell Growth Factors in Kidney Regeneration

Stem cell research
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine keeps on making dramatic discoveries about regrowing human tissues.  In this [MORE]

Kidney Cell Repair

Amniotic stem cells
Amniotic-fluid derived stem cells has several advantages over other stem cells (including embryonic stem cells) for regenerative medicine.  [MORE]

Home Urinalysis with a Smartphone

Dip.io Urinalysis Test Kit Healthy.io
An Israeli company, Healthy.io (Tel Aviv) has received FDA approval for its “Dip.io” home urinalysis kit [MORE]

Gene Editing for Kidney Disease

Cell anatomy with cilia
Joubert syndrome is a rare genetic neurological disorder that is more frequent in Ashkenazi, French Canadian and [MORE]

Death by Salt

Mazza Salt Beds Sicily
Heart attack, stroke and kidney failure collectively make up the greatest cause of human deaths.  Hypertension is a [MORE]

Death by Salt

Mazza Salt Beds Sicily
Heart attack, stroke and kidney failure collectively make up the greatest cause of human deaths.  Hypertension is [MORE]