Nephrology: New insight into common kidney disease

The kidney disease crescentic glomerulonephritis rapidly progresses to acute kidney failure and death within months if it is not treated. Even with treatment, many patients progress to end-stage kidney disease and require dialysis and sometimes a kidney transplant. New research in mice has identified a potential new drug target for the treatment of crescentic glomerulonephritis.

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