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Targeting APOL1, a genetic cause of severe kidney disease Certain differences in our DNA can put some people at higher risk of disease—but understanding these differences gives us an opportunity to develop potential treatments. What is DNA?

By Lana Schmidt, MBA, former home hemodialysis patient, current transplant recipient, AAKP National Board of Director As an 18-year kidney patient warrior, I know firsthand what it is like to have too many antibodies and a very low chance, if ever, of receiving a kidney transplant.

By Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Today, more than 100,000 Americans are on waiting lists to receive a lifesaving organ transplant. A new name is added to the national transplant waiting list every 10 minutes.

ERA-EDTA Council and the ERACODA Working Group* Correspondence to: Alberto Ortiz, E-mail: AOrtiz@fjd.es*A list of members of the ERA-EDTA Council and the ERACODA Working Group can be found as Acknowledgements section.

World Kidney News/Urban Health Outreach Media hosted a special broadcast featuring the executive leadership of the American Association of Kidney Patients: Diana Clynes, Executive Director; Richard Knight, President; Edward V. Hickey, III, U.S.M.C., Vice President, Chair of AAKP Veterans Health Initiative; and Paul T.

You are very well known across the larger kidney community for leadership, medical expertise and respect for patient insights. For AAKP readers, can you tell us how patients have informed your view of medicine, and your role as a thought leader in kidney medicine and kidney innovation?

By Bill RyanSteven Baldridge, R.N. wrote in a recent online article, “In ancient times the kidneys were viewed as the seat of feelings, conscience, and yearnings and the source of morality and ethical activity. The kidneys were associated with the innermost parts of a person’s personality and well-being.

By Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FASN Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas October 1, 2020 Introduction It seems but a short time ago when we were planning vacations and traveling freely about town. Now things are quite different.

By Suzanne Ruff Within families who battle kidney disease as my family does, there is a time for sorrow and a time for joy, a time for weeping and a time for dancing. For many of my family members with complete renal failure, organ donation is their only hope.