Benjamin Humphreys

Kidney injury molecule linked to chronic kidney disease

October 2, 2013

More than 15 years after the discovery of kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) by Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD, researchers in the HSCI Kidney Disease Program—of which Bonventre is a member—have found that the molecule promotes the scar tissue formation typically associated with chronic kidney disease, which affects approximately 9-10 percent of the world’s population. The finding was made in mice.... Read more about Kidney injury molecule linked to chronic kidney disease