Researchers develop real-time method to detect kidney damage

Monday, February 14, 2011 - 16:32 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- The current check for kidney disease is a simple blood test for serum creatinine, but it can take longer than two days for this metabolite to accumulate to levels that are significant enough to indicate kidney damage - and by then it may be too late to intervene.

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