New approach may help dialysis patients fight anaemia

Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

A new drug called FG-2216 can stimulate production of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) in dialysis patients - possibly offering a new approach to treatment of kidney disease-related anaemia, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN)...

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