Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Kidney Disease Gene Also Has a Protective Mutation
October 06, 2023
October 06, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
By Craig Boerner
African Americans have long been known to be at increased risk of kidney disease due to a dangerous genetic mutation that creates a hole in the kidney cells, but Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have now discovered a protective genetic mutation that covers the hole to eliminate the risk.
The findings on the apolipoprotein . . .
By Craig Boerner
African Americans have long been known to be at increased risk of kidney disease due to a dangerous genetic mutation that creates a hole in the kidney cells, but Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have now discovered a protective genetic mutation that covers the hole to eliminate the risk.
The findings on the apolipoprotein . . .