A six-month course of treatment with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is as effective as conventional therapies for treating membranous nephropathy (MN) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), according to a pilot study conducted in India.

Percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT) is a useful and safe treatment alternative for patients with persistent post-transplant secondary hyperparathyroidism, researchers in Argentina report.

Older age and hypertension increase the risk of renal impairment among live kidney donors, according to South Korean researchers.

PSA density is an independent determinant of PSA velocity in untreated localized prostate cancer, a study in the UK concluded.

One third of the standard dose of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) could be recommended as adjuvant treatment for intermediate-risk superficial bladder tumors, Spanish researchers say.

Acute renal failure (ARF) in Scotland occurs more frequently than previously thought, according to new research.

Among Canadian dialysis patients, those of East Asian and Indo Asian origin are less likely to receive a renal transplant than white patients, data show.

Oral nystatin prophylaxis may prevent antibiotic-related fungal peritonitis (AR-FP) in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), researchers in Hong Kong concluded.

Preemptive ganciclovir treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant recipients appears to be associated with good long-term outcomes, German researchers report.

Serum levels of fetuin-A are a predictor of all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality in dialysis patients, a Dutch study found.