Source: Medical College of Georgia
Posted: April 15, 2006
Finding how two proteins conspire to get kidney cells to self-destruct when oxygen supplies are low may one day improve dismal mortality rates for ischemic renal failure, researchers say. Ischemia leads to cell suicide or apoptosis, particularly in the energy-consuming tubular cells of the kidneys
Researchers want to discover how the drug can kill kidney cells and if it is possible to prevent the death of kidney cells while destroying cancer cells. They believe this could be achieved as they understand more about the differences between healthy and cancerous cells.
Commentary: This study provides a new area of research for kidney disease and other diseases where cell death occurs.
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