Posted on 02/11/2010 8:22:42 PM PST by Nachum
Forty million Americans have end-stage kidney disease, or ESKD. About 500,000 of them are in the terminal stage, as are 5,000 Israelis. African- and Hispanic Americans have a double-to-quadruple risk for the fatal disorder, compared to Caucasians of European origin.
Now an Israeli research team has discovered new genetic data on a DNA region that could predict who will develop the disease, and eventually help millions of people of African ancestry, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
So far, the only ways to prolong their lives are undergoing dialysis a few times a week or getting a kidney transplant.
The team, headed by Prof. Karl Skorecki – a nephrologist (kidney expert) at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s Rappaport Medical Faculty and director of medical and research development at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center – has just published a paper on the subject in the online edition of the prestigious journal Human Molecular Genetics; it will appear in the print edition in a few weeks.
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If they would cure cancer for free, half the world will still want them dead instead.
Hatred is a disease. It needs a cure, I think high doses of radiation might help.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
I’ve been waiting for these kind of medical contributions from the muslim countries... still waiting...
NO WAY. That would be more than 1 in 10. According to this Medscape article 400,000 americans are receiving treatment. A much more believable number.
Now an Israeli research team has discovered new genetic data on a DNA region that could predict who will develop the disease, and eventually help millions of people of African ancestry, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Gee, I thought the higher kidney disease in African- and Hispanic Americans was due to their higher rate of diabetes caused by their higher obesity rate. I guess all those American doctors giving lectures will have to tell people it's their DNA that's the cause.
Actually, there are universities in some muslim countries, and they do conduct research and publish in medical journals. I have an article published two or three years ago by some infertility researchers in Iran. Egyptian researchers also publish. Off the top of my head, I can't think of research coming out of any other universities in the Middle East or Africa.
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