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  • Stem cell treatments could repair the kidney defects associated with Alport syndrome
    News - 19 Oct 2009
    Several cell-based therapy approaches could provide new treatments for patients with Alport syndrome, reports an upcoming paper in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). "Our study...
  • Alport Syndrome Genetics and Inheritance
    Health - 18 May 2023
    Alport syndrome is a condition that develops due to mutations in three different genes – COL4A3, COL4A4 and COL4A5. The reason that the syndrome has a significant impact on the kidneys is because all...
  • Alport Syndrome Signs and Symptoms
    Health - 30 Dec 2022
    Alport Syndrome is an inherited condition, which can lead to chronic kidney disease (CKD). In CKD, a patient’s kidneys progressively do not work as well as they should and do not effectively filter...
  • Alport Syndrome Pathophysiology
    Health - 30 Dec 2022
    First described in the early 20th century, Alport syndrome (AS), also known as hereditary nephritis, is a rare genetic disorder. Mutations in genes encoding type IV collagen give rise to primary...
  • How is Alport Syndrome Treated?
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    There are various treatments that are used to help patients with Alport syndrome to manage their condition. Most of them are used to help reduce and slow down symptoms. The benefits of the treatments...
  • How is Alport Syndrome Diagnosed?
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    There are various methods of identifying whether a patient has Alport syndrome. The syndrome presents in significant ways in some patients but with less obvious symptoms in other patients, and there...
  • What is Alport Syndrome?
    Health - 23 Aug 2018
    Alport syndrome (AS) is a disease caused by abnormal collagen formation, which occurs in about 1 in 50,000 newborns. It affects both males and females, but can be inherited only from females in the...
  • Novel screening tool aids search for curative kidney treatment
    News - 9 Mar 2018
    Researchers have developed a screening tool for identifying compounds that restore functionality of the protein that is dysfunctional in Alport syndrome.
  • Regulus Therapeutics reports net loss of $22.2 million for fourth quarter 2014
    News - 19 Feb 2015
    Regulus Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leading the discovery and development of innovative medicines targeting microRNAs, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and...
  • Extracellular vesicles can be used to effectively delay progression of kidney damage
    News - 15 Dec 2017
    Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that extracellular vesicles - tiny protein-filled structures - isolated from amniotic fluid stem cells (AFSCs) can be used to effectively slow the...

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