Kidney Disease
Health & Medicine
Making the case for the global kidney exchange
The Global Kidney Exchange, which aims to expand the kidney donor pool, has been criticised as ‘organ trafficking’, but the counter argument is that it will save the lives of rich and poor patients alike
Health & Medicine
Bringing 3D imaging to kidney patients
By using 3D computer imaging in kidney disease clinicians can bring patients the kind of detail normally only available to researchers using electron microscopes
Health & Medicine
Diabetes and exercise capacity linked to glycogen in muscle tissue
Researchers show that a gene which converts glucose to glycogen in muscle tissue improves blood sugar levels and increases exercise capacity