Tag: JASN

Transplantation discrepancies contribute to racial disparities in childhood-onset kidney failure survival...

Transplantation discrepancies between Black and white patients have been found to contribute significantly to differing survival rates for childhood-onset kidney failure across the two...

Promising histological marker of kidney graft failure identified by new study

An observational study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) has identified a “promising” histological marker for determining kidney transplant...

Natera launches Prospera with quantification to improve kidney graft rejection testing

Natera has announced the launch of Prospera with quantification, the only cell-free DNA (cfDNA) test for kidney rejection that provides three values—the quantity of...
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Nationwide survey indicates hesitancy among US dialysis patient groups over COVID-19...

A nationwide survey distributed among 150 randomly selected dialysis facilities in the USA has found that a “substantial proportion” of patients receiving in-centre haemodialysis...
covid-19 vaccine dialysis patients

US Renal Care distributes second round of COVID-19 vaccines to dialysis...

Dialysis provider US Renal Care recently announced it has finished administering a second round of mRNA vaccines to ensure better protection against COVID-19 for...