Yale School of Medicine: The Role of APOL1 Gene Variants in Kidney Disease - A Q&A With Madhav Menon and Shuta Ishibe
August 08, 2023
August 08, 2023
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 8 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following Q&A on Aug. 7, 2023, with Madhav Menon, associate professor of medicine in nephrology, and Shuta Ishibe, professor of medicine in nephrology:
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More than one in seven U.S. adults--or 14%--are estimated to have kidney disease, in which kidneys lose their ability to filter waste and toxins from the blood. When a person's kidneys stop working, treatments such as dialy . . .
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More than one in seven U.S. adults--or 14%--are estimated to have kidney disease, in which kidneys lose their ability to filter waste and toxins from the blood. When a person's kidneys stop working, treatments such as dialy . . .