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Original Source: Histone deacetylases in kidney development: implications for disease and therapy.
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are an evolutionarily conserved group of enzymes that regulate a broad range of biological processes through removal of acetyl groups from histones as well as non-histone proteins. Recent studies using a variety of pharmacological inhibitors and genetic models of HDACs have revealed a central role of HDACs in control of kidney development. These findings provide new insights into the epigenetic mechanisms underlying congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) an...
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Pediatrics is the general medicine of childhood. Because of the developmental processes (psychological and physical) of childhood, the involvement of parents, and the social management of conditions...
Singulair, the brand name for montelukast sodium, is produced by Merck & Co., Inc. Its annual sales in 2009 were $3m, ranking it 7th in the world. Singulair acts by blocking leukotrienes, to r...
Personalized medicines are a new therapeutic option that takes into account the genetics and individuality of patients diseases, and then develops or prescribes drug that are likely to have the most...
Abilify (Aripiprazole) is an atypical antipsychotic produced by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, with annual sales of $3m, ranking it 6th in the world for annual sales. Abilify is prescribed in...
Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM)
Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM) is new psychiatric therapy; involving just a few 15-minute sessions and no drugs, discussion of feelings, or even a psychiatrist, it is described as a cognitive vac...
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New Nephrologists: Not Made in America
Jeffrey Berns discusses the challenges of filling nephrology fellowships now and -- more disturbing -- in the future. Medscape Nephrology
Kids In Hospital With High Blood Pressure Double In Ten Years, US
The number of children seen as inpatients in US hospitals nearly doubled in the ten years leading up to 2006, according to a new study published online in the journal Hypertension this week that also...
Alarming Increase in Hypertension in US Children
In the first US study to look at nationwide figures on hospitalizations for pediatric hypertension, researchers found the number of children admitted for high blood pressure almost doubled in a 10-yea...
Talks You Need to Have With Kidney Disease Patients
Medscape interviewed Amy W. Williams, MD, about the participation of the American Society of Nephrology in Choosing Wisely, a multisociety initiative to educate physicians and patients on recommendati...
Coming Soon: Nephrology's Very Own Fiscal Cliff
Jeff Berns talks about what lies ahead in 2013 for changes in bundled payments, including additions of new oral medications and the effects of lower use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. Medscap...
[Isotechnika], [Aurinia] merge
[Isotechnika Pharma Inc.] (immunomodulating therapeutics) has agreed to acquire [Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.] (lupus and nephrology drug candidate), forming a global nephrology firm that will keep th...
Kidney Week 2012: American Society of Nephrology 45th Annual Meeting
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from Kidney Week 2012. Medscape Nephrology
Advancing understanding of treatment through clinical trials
(American Society of Nephrology) Three late-breaking studies presented during the American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week provide new information on drugs being tested in patients with dia...
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Earthquakes and pediatric nephrology: are we prepared?
"Virtual Pediatric Renal Grand Rounds": An Innovative E-Learning.
Cardiac dysfunction in pediatric patients on renal replacement therapy.
44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Nephrology, 26-27 June 2009, Tokyo, Japan.
