Protein excreted in urine may be help in diagnosing kidney disease caused by HIV
Friday, July 24, 2009 - 07:00
in Health & Medicine
New data collected at Columbia University Medical Centre and by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine are helping researchers understand the extent to which a certain protein - NGAL - can play a significant role in marking chronic kidney disease resulting from HIV while at the same time distinguishing nephropathy from more common causes such as diabetes and hypertension...