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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
About 33 percent of people with type 2 diabetes suffer kidney damage that progresses to end stage renal disease (ESRD), at which point they require either dialysis or kidney transplantation. Scientists have thought that this kidney disease is driven by damage to the glomeruli, blood vessels in the kidney, which spill the protein albumin into the urine. Current treatments targeting the resulting "albuminuria" do not prevent kidney failure.
However, a new study by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers that compares the metabolic fingerprints of patients who develop ESRD versus those who don't has furnished new clues to the disease.
http://www.sciencecodex.com/joslin_finds_metabolic_clues_to_diabetic_kidney_failure-126157
It should be pointed out that a large number of people with diabetes don't manage their diabetes well, whether through lack of knowledge, support or effort, so as long as you respect it and look after yourself, you shouldn't be frightened by the statistics.
However, a new study by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers that compares the metabolic fingerprints of patients who develop ESRD versus those who don't has furnished new clues to the disease.
http://www.sciencecodex.com/joslin_finds_metabolic_clues_to_diabetic_kidney_failure-126157
It should be pointed out that a large number of people with diabetes don't manage their diabetes well, whether through lack of knowledge, support or effort, so as long as you respect it and look after yourself, you shouldn't be frightened by the statistics.