Items Tagged ‘Dr. LaTonya Hickson’
September 12, 2019
Researching Stem Cells for Kidney Disease: LaTonya Hickson, M.D.
By Jen Schutz 
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a serious complication of diabetes. Up to 40 percent of people with diabetes eventually develop kidney disease. With no long-term treatment available, many patients will progress to end stage kidney disease requiring either dialysis or a kidney transplant. Research is underway to keep people from progressing to kidney failure, and […]
Tags: diabetes, diabetic kidney disease, Dr. LaTonya Hickson, kidney failure, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, regenerative medicine, stem cells
October 26, 2018
Stem Cells and Chronic Kidney Disease
Millions of Americans have chronic kidney disease. Hundreds of thousands will progress to end stage kidney disease requiring either dialysis or kidney transplant. But research is underway to keep people from reaching that point. “Our goal is to take a look at how we can repair the diabetic kidney in terms of delaying the rate […]
Tags: chronic kidney disease, Dr. LaTonya Hickson, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, Medical Research, stem cells