Merida Biosciences has emerged from Third Rock Ventures with $121 million in first-round financing for a pipeline of drugs ...

include paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH), atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS), C3 glomerulopathy (C3G), and idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN). In a new pharmaphorum podcast ...

Renal biopsy is only recommended in special situations. The diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy is easily established in long-term type 1 diabetic patients (>10 years diabetes duration), especially ...

Autoimmune diseases are a pathophysiological state wherein immune responses are directed against, and damage, the body's own tissues (autoimmunity). Common examples of autoimmune disease include ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2012;7(3):269-279. In summary, excess levels of urobilinogen and bilirubin in the urine may signal liver disease, and more research is needed to correlate these ...

Clinical Impact and Quality of Life in IgA Nephropathy Disease Burden and Progression Progressive kidney disease: 30%-40% of patients develop end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) within 20-30 years of ...

Panelists discuss how immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy treatment has evolved to include supportive care with optimized blood pressure control and renin-angiotensin system blockade as first-line ...

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Objectives Short-term predictive endpoints of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are needed in lupus nephritis (LN). We tested response to therapy at 1 year. Results We studied 381 patients (90.5% ...