In summary, the study introduced a more precise way to measure kidney function in older adults by accounting for age-related ...

Many older people develop chronic kidney disease and are also likely to be on cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins.

Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a research team led by the University of ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to the MediBeacon Transdermal GFR (TGFR) system for evaluating ...

The Creve Coeur-based company is developing the use of proprietary fluorescent tracer agents as a noninvasive way to test ...

The presence of albumin in the urine is one indicator as is glomerular filtration rate. In diabetic nephropathy, albuminuria first appears, leading to excessive filtration and eventually a ...

Transdermal GFR System (TGFR) is a first-in-kind product for point of care assessment of kidney function in patients with normal or impaired ...

Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a research team led by the University of ...

unlike current methodologies requiring multiple blood draws or urine samples. In addition, current clinical practice measured GFR (mGFR) assessment requires sophisticated clinical laboratory ...