Organ Donor's Gene Variants Linked to Survival of Transplanted Kidneys

Long-term functioning of transplanted kidneys is not possible if the kidneys are from donors with variants of a particular gene, reveals a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014 November 11A-16 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. Previous research from a single center in North Carolina found that risk variants in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1) in African American deceased kidney donors were linked with shorter survival of ...

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