Nine blood proteins could rewrite kidney disease risk screening

Kidney, Transplant

A new proteomic scoring tool outperforms existing clinical methods at predicting kidney failure in people carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants, pointing to a more targeted path for early intervention. The genetic risk that slips through the cracks Roughly 13% of Black Americans carry two copies of high-risk APOL1 gene variants, a genetic profile that dramatically […]