Diabetes and Kidney Disease
Several areas of
diabetes research and kidney disease hold great potential. Discovery of ways to predict who will develop kidney disease may lead to greater prevention, as people with diabetes who learn they are at risk institute strategies such as intensive management and
blood pressure control. Discovery of better anti-rejection drugs will improve results of kidney transplantation in patients with diabetes who develop kidney failure.
For some people with
type 1 diabetes, advances in transplantation -- especially transplantation of insulin-producing cells of the
pancreas -- could lead to a cure for both diabetes and the kidney disease it may cause.
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