Kidney damage and high blood pressure: Faulty filtration allows detrimental enzymes to wreak havoc on fluid balance, research suggests

Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 21:30 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have now begun to understand kidney damage on a cellular level and how the activity of certain molecules in damaged kidneys contributes to salt and water retention in nephrotic syndrome. Several new insights in this area of research are presented at an upcoming meeting.

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