Renal news roundup from AKF
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Innovation in Renal Care
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health completed the first transplant combining a mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney in a 54-year-old woman with heart fai...
Innovation in Renal Care
Thermo Fisher Scientific launched a CXCL10 testing service to potentially make post-transplant monitoring less invasive and more convenient for patients. Elevat...
Research News
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and obesity could benefit from laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy before a kidney transplant, as the procedure ...
Research News
A study published in the American Journal of Hematology showed treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhi...
Policy Watch
Toku has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) breakthrough device designation for its MyKidneyAI system. The AI-guided system analyzes retinal scan image...
Policy Watch
The JuxtaFlow renal assist device from Roivios has secured breakthrough device designation from the FDA. The system is designed to protect the kidney function o...
Opinion, Commentary and Analysis
American Kidney Fund (AKF) President and CEO LaVarne A. Burton discusses the need for greater awareness about APOL1-mediated kidney disease (AMKD) and highlight...
Opinion, Commentary and Analysis
New York City's chief medical officer, Dr. Michelle Morse, speaks about her efforts through the Coalition to End Racism in Clinical Algorithms to accelerat...
Patient Perspective
After being diagnosed with kidney disease over 20 years ago, taking medicine and supplements to maintain kidney function and eventually undergoing dialysis, Jul...