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7-Nov-2025

Trial analysis reveals almost all adults with hypertensive chronic kidney disease would benefit from intensive blood pressure lowering

American Society of Nephrology
Reports and Proceedings

Nearly all SPRINT participants with hypertension and nondiabetic chronickidney disease stages 3–4 had a net benefit (the predicted difference between benefits and harms) that favored a systolic blood pressure target of <120 mm Hg compared with <140 mm Hg.

The findings will be presented at American Society of Nephrology (ASNKidney Week 2025 November 5–9.

Meeting: ASN Kidney Week

7-Nov-2025

UT Health San Antonio scientist helps shape new traumatic brain injury guidelines

The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, a physiatrist with UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio, helped craft new guidelines on treating traumatic brain injuries as part of a natiional clinical practice working group.

Journal: Journal of Neurotrauma

7-Nov-2025

Discordance in creatinine- and cystatin C–based eGFR and clinical outcomes

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In the Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium, 11% of outpatient participants and 35% of hospitalized patients had a cystatin C–based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFRcys) that was at least 30% lower than their creatinine-based eGFR (eGFRcr). In the outpatient setting, presence of eGFRcys at least 30% lower than eGFRcr was associated with significantly higher rates of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular events, and kidney failure.

Journal: JAMA

7-Nov-2025

Disagreement between two kidney function tests predicts serious health problems

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A mismatch between two common tests for kidney function may indicate a higher risk for kidney failure, heart disease, and death, a new study shows.

Journal: JAMA
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, National Kidney Foundation
Meeting: ASN Kidney Week

7-Nov-2025

Signpost of cancer linked to wound-healing properties

Arizona State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, coauthors Jordan Yaron, Kaushal Rege and their colleagues with the Biodesign Center for Biomaterials Innovation and Translation discovered that the protein SerpinB3 is part of the body’s natural wound-healing arsenal, helping the skin recover after damage.

The research points to new possibilities: Boosting it could improve wound healing, while blocking it may offer a way to fight aggressive cancers. The findings may also help explain SerpinB3’s role in inflammatory ailments, from skin conditions to asthma.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

7-Nov-2025

Secrets of microbial motion: How bacteria swash, glide and shift gears to survive

Arizona State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New studies from Arizona State University reveal surprising ways bacteria can move without their flagella — the slender, whip-like propellers that usually drive them forward.

Movement lets bacteria form communities, spread to new places or escape from danger. Understanding how they do it can help us develop new tools to fight against infections.

Journal: Journal of Bacteriology

7-Nov-2025

More children, shorter lifespan? Clear evidence from the Great Finnish Famine

University of Groningen
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Euan Young and colleagues show that under harsh conditions, the biological cost of reproduction can shorten women’s lifespans. Scientific theory indeed predicts that having more offspring leads to a shorter life span, but until now, evidence of this link in humans was mixed.

Journal: Science Advances