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Common kidney tests found useful in predicting future heart disease
2015-06-13 05:29:24| Biotech - Topix.net
Doctors Kunihiro Matsushita, left, and Josef Coresh, of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, have written about the relationship between kidney and heart problems. Doctors Kunihiro Matsushita, left, and Josef Coresh, of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, have written about the relationship between kidney and heart problems.
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Proteomics develops kidney disease test
2015-06-09 09:16:38| Biotech - Topix.net
Diabetics could soon be able to discover their chances of developing kidney disease thanks to a unique test developed by an Australian biotech. Proteomics International Laboratories has developed the predictive blood test for the potentially life-threatening disease, which it describes as a "global breakthrough".
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Merck Announces Results from Phase 2/3 Study of Investigational Chronic Hepatitis C Therapy Grazoprevir/Elbasvir in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease
2015-04-23 09:30:00| Merck.com - Research & Development News
Dateline City: VIENNA C-SURFER Trial is First to Investigate an All-Oral Ribavirin-Free Hepatitis C Treatment Regimen in Treatment-Nave and Treatment-Experienced Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Infected with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1 VIENNA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the first presentation of data from C-SURFER, the companys Phase 2/3 clinical trial evaluating the investigational once-daily treatment regimen of grazoprevir (100mg) and elbasvir (50mg) in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) infected with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 (GT1).1 Treatment-nave patients and patients who failed prior pegylated interferon HCV therapy, with or without cirrhosis, all of whom had Language: English Contact: Media:Doris Li, 908-246-5701orSarra Herzog, 201-669-6570orInvestors:Joe Romanelli, 908-740-1986orJustin Holko, 908-740-1879 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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Biomarker could provide early warning of kidney disease in cats
2014-11-20 23:23:15| Biotech - Topix.net
A new biomarker called 'SDMA' has been developed that can provide earlier identification of chronic kidney disease in cats, which is one of the leading causes of their death. When a test is commercialized, it could help pet owners add months or years to the life of their cat.
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Leominster teacher donates kidney to father of students at school where she works
2014-10-22 16:43:56| Jewelry - Topix.net
As Richard Finlay sat in the surgical waiting room of UMass Memorial Medical Center on Tuesday morning, he couldn't help but be thankful for the young woman who was willing to make a decision that would help prolong his life. Two of Finlay's three children attend Page Hilltop Elementary School in Ayer, and when special-education teacher Kaitlin O'Connell heard the 52-year-old Ayer resident would die without a transplant, she knew she had to step in.