Renal news roundup from AKF

A tiny implant currently in testing may help patients who have had a kidney transplant and their physicians detect signs of rejection up to three weeks earlier ...

A team of researchers at Alabama State University's Biomedical Engineering Department has been awarded a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to ...

Scientists designed a bioreactor emulating vital kidney functions in pigs, containing specialized cells and a protective membrane to prevent an immune response,...

The monoclonal antibody AT-1501 prevented organ rejection after kidney and pancreatic islet cell transplants in non-human primates, researchers reported in Scie...

A study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes found less than 40% of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes receiv...

A study in Kidney International Reports found patients on dialysis who had maintained some residual kidney function had a lower risk of dying from cardiovascula...

American Kidney Fund President and CEO LaVarne A. Burton urged lawmakers to pass the PASTEUR Act, to "jump-start the arsenal of new antimicrobial medicines...

TheCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced the first 10 drugs that will undergo price negotiations with Medicare as part of the Inflation Red...

The CMS recently sent letters urging state Medicaid directors to examine their automatic renewal processes as systems in several states calculate eligibility at...