Kidney disease treatment with roots in KC wins approval after 36 years

The Food and Drug Administration gave the green light for the first approved treatment for polycystic kidney disease on Tuesday — a treatment based on research that traces its roots to Kansas City. In the 1960s, late nephrologist and University of Kansas Medical Center Researcher Dr. Jared Grantham discovered the kidney’s components during a research fellowship. Later on, he found a signaling molecule called cyclic AMP that affects the cell growth and fluid secretion in kidneys. This discovery…
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