The treatment of kidney stones could soon be getting much faster, easier, and safer. Scientists have devised a method of non-invasively tearing the objects apart, using what are known as "acoustic vortex beams."Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Devices, Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Ultrasound, Treatment, kidney
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Swirling sound waves used to rip apart kidney stones
Posted by ArielTechGeek 22 hours ago (https://newatlas.com)
World-first pig kidney transplant recipient has died
Posted by ArielTechGeek 303 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a human recipient is still being regarded as a medical milestone and success, even though the recipient has sadly passed away.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Transplant, Massachusetts General Hospital, Genetic engineering, kidney, Surgery
Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into first living human patient
Posted by ArielTechGeek 353 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A genetically edited pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a living patient for the first time. Reports indicate the man is doing well a few weeks on, raising hopes for a wider pool of donated organs in future.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Organ donation, Animals, Human, kidney, Transplant, Massachusetts General Hospital, Surgery
New drug could prevent both eye & kidney complications in diabetics
Posted by ArielTechGeek 402 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers have identified a novel inhibitor drug that, when given to mice, prevented both eye and kidney complications commonly seen in diabetics. With the potential for one medication to treat two complications, further research is being done to advance the drug to clinical trials.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Diabetes, Eye, kidney, University of Bristol
Healthy oral, gut and urinary bug network can smash kidney stones
Posted by ArielTechGeek 448 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The human body's microbe makeup is increasingly linked to the onset of many diseases, with a lot of the focus on the gut. A new study, however, has found that changes in the bug populations in not just the gut but in salivary and urinary microbiomes are linked to kidney stones forming.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Western University, Lawson Health Research Institute, Bacteria, M
Landmark transplanted pig kidney still functioning after a month
Posted by ArielTechGeek 572 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
No sooner had we covered news of a University of Alabama team having success with genetically edited pig kidneys transplanted into a human patient functioning for a week, we learnt that another team has blown that length of time out of the water. In another encouraging step toward relieving transplant organ shortages, surgeons at NYU Langone Health have kept a genetically engineered pig kidney al
Scientists identify role of key metabolism enzyme in kidney disease
Posted by ArielTechGeek 717 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Scientists have identified the role an enzyme, crucial to the body’s metabolism, plays in the development of kidney disease, opening the door to new methods of prevention and treatment of this increasingly prevalent, potentially fatal condition.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: kidney, renal failure, Enzyme, metabolism, University of Pennsylvania
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