Biomarkers: Rapid urine test for kidney disease
October 5, 2009
A urine test that can rapidly detect acute kidney injury is described in a new study published in Kidney International. "The methodology is identical to the off-the-shelf pregnancy test," says Vishal Vaidya from Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, who describes the test as a "convenient, quick, and clear 'yes or no' diagnostic assay for kidney damage."
A point-of-care device for acute kidney injury: a fantastic, futuristic, or frivolous 'measure'?
July 1, 2009
Vaidya and colleagues describe a study in which they developed a rapid and sensitive detection system (the RenaStick) for urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) and evaluated this system in animal models of acute kidney injury (AKI).
Brigham and Women's Hospital Awards and Honors News
June 8, 2009
Vishal S. Vaidya, PhD, of the Renal Division of BWH, has been awarded the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
NIH Pathways to Independence Awardees Recognized
May 2009
The NIEHS Division of Extramural Research and Training (DERT) recently recognized three additional NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) NIEHS recipients for their successful transition to tenure track or equivalent status and officially welcomed them as members of the NIEHS grantee community.
Urine test for kidney disease
April 22, 2009
Scientists have developed a new test for detecting kidney disease, reports a paper published online this week in Kidney International. The technique will allow researchers and clinicians to identify kidney disease or injury within 15 minutes of testing in both rats and humans.
Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD and Vishal Vaidya, PhD, Receive Toxicology Award
May 3, 2005
HST director, Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD, and his postdoctoral research fellow, Vishal S. Vaidya, PhD, received the award for the Outstanding Presentation in Risk Assessment at the 44th annual Society of Toxicology meeting held in New Orleans, LA, in March 2005.