diabetic nephropathy
Blood Protein Signature Reported for Severe Diabetic Kidney Disease
Investigators identified a set of inflammatory proteins that appears to coincide with current and future risk of end-stage renal disease in individuals with diabetes.
Penn Medicine Gets $3M From Pharma Consortium for Diabetic Kidney Disease Study
The study seeks to identify biomarkers that can help personalize treatment for patients by identifying signs of rapid decline in kidney function.
The effort aims to identify a suite of markers that could aid in management of type II diabetes and related conditions like retinopathy and kidney damage.
Named PromarkerD, the test is intended to predict risk of developing kidney disease in diabetics and diagnose patients with diabetic kidney disease.
Proteomics firm Proteomics International said this week that it has received a A$1 million (US$ 1 million) grant from Commercialisation Australia – an initiative of the Australian government – to develop its protein biomarkers for diabetic nephropathy into a companion diagnostic.