Thursday, March 25, 2010
According to a report published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology, many Americans suffer from kidney disease and do not know it. Researchers studied nearly 8200 adults, finding that 42% of those with undiagnosed diabetes also had chronic kidney disease, while CKD was seen in 18% of those with prediabetes.
Scientists provide new insight into how tumors hide from the immune system in a report published in the journal Science. Researchers found that a particular protein that is normally secreted by the lymph nodes to signal the immune system to start working is also secreted by tumors. In this way, the tumor signals to the immune system that it is a friend not foe and consequently goes undetected by the immune system.
According to another report published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology, most patients awaiting a kidney donation are willing to accept one from a donor that puts them at increased risk of infection. Researchers surveyed nearly 200 potential kidney transplant patients. 59% of these patients said they would under some conditions accept a kidney from a donor even if they were at increased risk of viral infection.
Diabetes is the most important risk factor for kidney disease, but the new results suggest that harmful effects on the kidneys may be occurring even before diabetes is diagnosed.
"Persons at risk for diabetes and their health care providers should be aware that earlier screening for both diabetes and kidney disease may be warranted."
Scientists provide new insight into how tumors hide from the immune system in a report published in the journal Science. Researchers found that a particular protein that is normally secreted by the lymph nodes to signal the immune system to start working is also secreted by tumors. In this way, the tumor signals to the immune system that it is a friend not foe and consequently goes undetected by the immune system.
According to another report published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology, most patients awaiting a kidney donation are willing to accept one from a donor that puts them at increased risk of infection. Researchers surveyed nearly 200 potential kidney transplant patients. 59% of these patients said they would under some conditions accept a kidney from a donor even if they were at increased risk of viral infection.
Diabetes is the most important risk factor for kidney disease, but the new results suggest that harmful effects on the kidneys may be occurring even before diabetes is diagnosed.
"Persons at risk for diabetes and their health care providers should be aware that earlier screening for both diabetes and kidney disease may be warranted."
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