Individuals with kidney failure who were on dialysis had an incomplete and delayed antibody response and a blunted cellular immune response following COVID-19 vaccination, compared with people with normal kidney function. Immune responses were substantially stronger with the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine than with the PfizerBioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine. A variety of other characteristics also predicted the...
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Erythropoietin treatments may increase hip fracture risk in patients with kidney failure
WILEY IMAGE: HIP FRACTURE RISK AND MEAN EPO DOSE PER WEEK 1997 – 2013 view more CREDIT: DR. NOGUCHI Erythropoietin (EPO) is a medication used to stimulate the production of new red blood cells, which is impaired in individuals with kidney failure. Unfortunately, however, the treatment may increase the risk of hip fractures. In an analysis published in...
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Blocking brain signals detected in the kidney could help unlock future treatments for kidney failure
by University of Bristol Scientists have discovered an important cell signaling pathway in the kidney which if stopped, could hold the key to treating chronic kidney disease as well as other deadly conditions, including heart attack and stroke. The pathway was already known to exist in the brain, where it helps to maintain the body’s...
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Compound offers prospects for preventing acute kidney failure
by Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Institute of Cell Biophysics, and elsewhere have shown an antioxidant compound known as peroxiredoxin to be effective in treating kidney injury in mice. The study in Cell and Tissue Research reports tripled survival rates in test animals treated with the chemical prior to...
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Drug reduces risk of kidney failure in people with diabetes, study finds
by Amy Jeter Hansen, Stanford University Medical Center A new landmark clinical trial shows that a drug lowers the risk of kidney failure by a third in people with Type 2 diabetes and kidney disease. “For the first time in 18 years, we have a therapy for patients with Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease that decreases kidney failure,” said Kenneth Mahaffey, MD, professor...
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Growing evidence: water as a potential treatment for inherited cause of kidney failure
Lead researcher Dr Priyanka Sagar looking into a microscope Credit: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research People with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) could benefit from a moderate increase in water intake, according to new research. A study from The Westmead Institute for Medical Research found that a moderate increase in water intake in rats with PKD led to a...
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Lupus: Low vitamin D may raise risk of kidney failure
New research, conducted by scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, finds that low vitamin D raises the risk of organ damage and renal disease in people with lupus – an autoimmune disease. New research suggests vitamin D supplementation may be a good way to prevent renal damage in lupus patients. Dr....