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NIH Diabetes Network Expands Online, Nationwide Testing

WASHINGTON—People with a family history of type 1 diabetes can participate in free screening to help find ways to delay or prevent the disease, even if they live far from a study site. This alternative to site-based initial screening comes as modern technology enables more ...More

2 weeks ago

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NIH Highlights Lifelong Impact of AKI

Bethesda, Md.—In observance of World Kidney Day on March 14, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is raising awareness of the long-term effects of acute kidney injury (AKI)—a sudden loss of kidney function. Research funded by the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and ...More

March 13, 2013

Posted in News, Practice Management

Deleting Gene in Mice Eliminates Obesity

AURORA, Colo.—Researchers have discovered that deleting a specific gene in mice prevents them from becoming obese even on a high fat diet, a finding they believe may be replicated in humans. ...More

March 5, 2013

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

ASF Macquarie KFOC Alport Syndrome Research Funding Program

PHOENIX—The Alport Syndrome Foundation, Inc. (ASF) and the Kidney Foundation of Canada (KFOC) are pleased to announce the availability of funding for basic science and clinical research on the natural history, biochemical basis, and treatment of Alport Syndrome. There are ...More

January 14, 2013

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NIH Funds Will Strengthen National Capacity For Cost-Effective, Large-Scale Clinical Studies

BETHESDA, Md. —Funds, totaling approximately $11.3 million, will support the first year of the Health Care Systems (HCS) Research Collaboratory, which will engage health care systems as research partners in conducting large-scale clinical studies. The funds are managed ...More

September 28, 2012

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation

Healionics Receives Grant for Preclinical Study of Anti-Infective Sleeve for Hemodialysis Catheters

SEATTLE—Healionics Corporation received a $909,165 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for preclinical studies to advance STARcuff, a STAR ...More

September 20, 2012

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Aging Kidneys May Hold Key to New High Blood Pressure Therapies

HOUSTON—Gaining new insight to managing sodium balance and blood pressure, investigators at the University of Houston (UH) College of Pharmacy believe their work may identify future therapeutic targets to control hypertension. ...More

August 30, 2012

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Grant to Develop Wearable Device for Hemodialysis Patients

NEW YORK—Vizio Medical Devices LLC, Infoscitex Corporation (IST), and Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science jointly announced today the receipt of a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance development of Vizio’s ...More

March 6, 2012

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Advocacy Groups Release Free Kidney-Disease Resources

BETHESDA―A new series of free tools and resources will help community groups increase awareness about steps to prevent kidney disease or improve management. The online resource is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's National Kidney Disease Education Program ...More

January 27, 2012

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AKF President Named to NIH Council of Councils

WASHINGTON—American Kidney Fund (AKF) President and CEO LaVarne Burton was one of seven new appointments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils. ...More

December 21, 2011

Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation

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