Transplanting kidneys from deceased donors who had HIV to recipients with existing HIV is as safe and as effective as using organs from donors without… Read more
Category: Kidney Disease
Study in Mice Suggests How Chronic Kidney Disease is Driven by Sickle Cell Disease
A new study by University of Pittsburgh researchers sheds light on how the oxygen-binding molecule heme, which is released from the fragile red blood cells… Read more
Kidney Disease Intervention Outcomes Encouraging, Despite Null Result
Dr. Manisha Jhamb launched the Kidney-CHAMP study five years ago because she saw a looming tsunami of chronic kidney disease cases. She was pulled to… Read more
New Study Explores How Exposure to Mix of Toxic Metals Impacts Developing Kidneys
Chronic kidney disease is a growing problem worldwide and in the aging U.S. population. But could the groundwork for this progressive disease have been laid… Read more
Crowded Rooms: How Pitt and Carnegie Mellon Researchers Solved a Decades-Old Mystery
A psychedelic movie of stressed cells under a microscope sent a team of kidney physiologists and biologists from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon… Read more