Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health challenge that affects more than 800 million people worldwide. 1 CKD can be caused by a variety of disease processes. Many causes are difficult to ...
Explore groundbreaking gene-editing therapy for kidney disease, offering hope to those with polycystic kidney disease.
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a promising gene-editing therapy that directly corrects a genetic mutation responsible for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common ...
Genetic testing in patients with possible ADPKD may helpful in the absence of a family history of the disease, when imaging findings are inconclusive, and in younger people, explains David Charytan, ...