The Hospital Clínic, the first hospital in Spain to carry out 1,000 living donor kidney transplants

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

3 years ago
kidney donations, living donor, transplants, kidney

The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona has become the first hospital in Spain to carry out over 1,000 living donor kidney transplants. To mark this milestone, this Thursday the Hospital Clínic is launchin...

The Gregorio Marañón Hospital creates a spin-off to market the drug that protects the kidney

by GENESIS Biomed

3 years ago
Cilastatin project, kidney, Telara Pharma, GENESIS Biomed

The Cilastatin project arose thanks to the research carried out by the deceased Dr. Alberto Tejedor, who was Nephrology Service section chief at the Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital and ...

IDIBELL researchers discover that a molecule of blood is effective against autoimmune kidney disease

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

4 years ago
molecule of blood, lupus, autoimmune disease, kidney

The administration of C4BP (beta-) in mice that reproduce lupus nephritis considerably improves the symptomatology of the disease.

TRANSPLANT BIOMEDICALS announces positive interim results of the first in human clinical study VIVIAN® device in kidney transplantation (the EMERGE study)

by Transplant Biomedicals

5 years ago
device, transplant, renal, test, kidney

TRANSPLANT BIOMEDICALS, a company specializing in the research and development of medical devices for organ, tissue and cell preservation, today announces the positive interim results at 30-days po...

Transplant biomedicals announces completion of patient enrolment in the emerge trial: a first in human clinical study of VIVIAN® device in kidney transplantation

by Transplant Biomedicals

5 years ago
VIVIAN, device, transplant, kidney, organs

TRANSPLANT BIOMEDICALS, a company specializing in the research and development of medical devices for organ, tissue and cell preservation, today announces that it has completed patient enrolment of it...

Chronic Kidney Disease of Undetermined Causes, Described Originally in Central America and Sri Lanka, is Also Present in India

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

5 years ago
Chronic Kidney Disease, kidney, agricultural communities, Central America, Sri Lanka, rural areas, biomarkers

A new study suggests that it could be a common disorder in other rural communities in tropical and subtropical countries

Dr Carlos Torrecilla: 'We have the solution to prevent the encrustation of double J catheters'

by Devicare

5 years ago
catheter, Urology, lithiasic patient, kidney

Dr Carlos Torrecilla, director of the Lithiasis Unit of the Bellvitge University Hospital and national coordinator of the Lithiasis and Endourology Group of the Spanish Association of Urology, is the ...

Novel gene causative for adrenal insufficiency syndrome and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

by Vall d’Hebron

7 years ago
DNA, gene SGPL1, adrenal glands, kidney

The study included patients from Hospital Vall d’Hebron and from many other hospitals in different countries like UK, Turkey, Pakistan and Peru. Their DNA was sequenced and the defective gene SGPL1 ...