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The new center, launched with a $20 million gift from the David Koch Jr. Foundation, aims to advance research, education, and care for patients with glomerular kidney disease.
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The first guidelines for genetic testing of people with chronic kidney disease recommend genetic testing for many patients.
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Many Black Americans thought to have a high risk of developing kidney disease possess a genetic variant that eradicates the extra risk, a new study from Columbia researchers has found.
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The discovery of new genes linked to IgA nephropathy, a common kidney disease, confirms the idea that the immune system drives the disease.
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- February 24, 2017
The study based on an analysis of patient records suggests that the current method of assessing kidney function may be misleading during the initial evaluation of a patient.
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- January 25, 2017
Solving a 60-year-old medical mystery, a team led by Columbia researchers has discovered what causes kidney and urinary tract defects in people with DiGeorge syndrome.
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- May 19, 2016
Investigators have uncovered a "weekend effect" contributing to the worsening availability of donor kidneys in the United States
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- April 23, 2015
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- October 13, 2014
A puzzling form of kidney disease—IgA nephropathy—appears to spring from the intestine, says study by CUMC researchers.
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- September 18, 2014
Research shows that the kidney can sense bacterial infections in the bladder and launch an attack by flooding the urinary tract with an antimicrobial protein.
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- July 15, 2014
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is No. 6 in the country and No. 1 in New York in this year's U.S. News & World Report's hospital ranking.
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- April 8, 2014
Dr. Ali G. Gharavi, a leading kidney disease researcher, has been appointed chief of nephrology at NewYork-Presbyterian/CUMC.
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- July 17, 2013
Mutation linked to congenital urinary tract defects identified.
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- April 10, 2013
Four young physician-researchers at P&S have received research funding from the Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Scholar Program.
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