Researchers identify pathway responsible for calciphylaxis, a rare and serious condition

The global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising, with more than 800 million people affected worldwide. Vascular diseases in patients with CKD are unique and grouped as uremic vascular diseases. One of them, calciphylaxis, typically affects patients with end-stage, advanced kidney disease. It is a condition characterized by severe, painful and non-healing skin ulcers with no known cure.

For the first time, researchers from Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine…

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