Renal news roundup from AKF

Policy changes to the wait list rules and kidney allocation system as well as use of race-free calculations for kidney function have helped mitigate racial disp...

MaryAshley Barbot, a 19-year-old born with a kidney defect and development delays, experienced a miracle seven months ago when she received a life-saving kidney...

Memo Therapeutics' investigational antibody AntiBKV, which targets BK polyomavirus infection in patients who received kidney transplants, was granted fast-...

The European Commission has granted approval to Akebia Therapeutics for its oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor Vafseo, or vadadustat, to...

A study published in The Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications found that most patients with type 2 diabetes and/or chronic kidney disease did not undergo a...

A study published in the journal Kidney Medicine found fluid management may be a key predictor of the need to begin continuous kidney replacement therapy. The s...

A study published in the journal Kidney Research and Clinical Practice found patients who have advanced CT and MR imaging with both iodine- and gadolinium-based...

Renal hyperfiltration was associated with greater mortality risk among men both with diabetes and without, according to a study published in the journal Interna...

A study published in the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology found that patients with type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy had significantly greater levels o...