Valen Keefer Launches Her New Blog: PKD Will Not Beat Me


Our spokesperson, Valen Keefer, continues to inspire the kidney disease and transplant community with her new blog for the PKD Foundation, PKD Will Not Beat Me. She’ll be sharing her story and fostering a positive space where people with PKD can come together to talk with each other, get information and lift each other’s spirits. … Continue reading Valen Keefer Launches Her New Blog: PKD Will Not Beat Me

Clues to How Embryonic Kidney Maintains Stem Cell Pool


Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine, working with a team of scientists in Paris, have identified two proteins, which are key to maintaining the stem cell pool and supporting growth during early kidney development. FGF9 and FGF20 are fibroblast growth factors, a family of proteins involved in embryonic development; the proliferation, migration and differentiation … Continue reading Clues to How Embryonic Kidney Maintains Stem Cell Pool

Kids with Type 2 Diabetes May Be at Greater Risk of Early Kidney Damage


Diabetes is on the rise in American children and teens. Recent studies from University of Colorado School of Public Health have uncovered a disturbing link between Type 2 diabetes in kids and the risk of early kidney damage. Our infographic below highlights the facts uncovered by the studies. Source: Diabetes Rising Rapidly Among U.S. Kids, … Continue reading Kids with Type 2 Diabetes May Be at Greater Risk of Early Kidney Damage

Researchers Find Brain Pathway That Regulates Renal Excretion of Sodium


Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have identified a link between the G alpha i-2 sub-unit protein pathway in the brain and renal excretion of sodium. They found that changes in salt intake affected changes in G alpha i-2 sub-unit protein levels and were able to prove that the protein pathway plays an important … Continue reading Researchers Find Brain Pathway That Regulates Renal Excretion of Sodium

Kidney Cell Transplants May One Day Be Used to Treat Renal Failure


Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine have shown that renal stem cell transplants may have the potential to repair damaged kidneys. In the study using rats with acute kidney injury and CKD, the scientists reprogrammed adult kidney cells to express the SAA gene, thus producing the SAA protein, which is essential to early kidney … Continue reading Kidney Cell Transplants May One Day Be Used to Treat Renal Failure

Renal Denervation Lowers Blood Pressure for Patients with Moderate to Severe CKD


A team of researchers from Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Australia have shown that renal denervation, a new investigational technique to curb hard-to-treat blood pressure is safe in the short term for hypertensive patients with stage 3 to 4 CKD. Renal denervation uses radio frequency waves to deaden certain overactive sympathetic nerves in … Continue reading Renal Denervation Lowers Blood Pressure for Patients with Moderate to Severe CKD