Science Daily

A simple blood test mismatch linked to kidney failure and death

A major global study suggests that a hidden mismatch between two common blood tests could quietly signal serious trouble ...
Kaleido Scope

UAB transitions to race neutral kidney function test to help reduce burden of kidney disease in Black/African American communities

A key driver in the work of many faculty, staff, and trainees at UAB is to eradicate health disparities in the Southeast. A major component of structural racism in the U.S. is the racial disparity in ...
EurekAlert!

Rapid kidney test in development for early intervention, simple monitoring

Sanskruti Lakhotia from RMIT's Sir Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility holds a bottle of the nanoparticle formula being used to develop Nexsen's kidney diagnostic tests. A simple blood test could ...
ABC7

Kidney test that considers race as factor coming under new scrutiny

MISSION HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A medical test for kidney function that adjusts its results for race is coming under increased scrutiny. Experts are saying the results for African-American ...