Study finds clues to kidney disease in African-Americans
African-Americans are four times as likely to have kidney disease as Caucasians, and a recent study from Harvard University may explain why...
African Americans are four times as likely to have kidney disease as Caucasians, and a recent study from Harvard University may explain why.
Nephrologist Martin Pollak and his team found that a common genetic mutation of the APOL1 gene might be partly responsible for African Americans’ susceptibility.
The mutation likely arose due to natural selection because it protects against African sleeping sickness, Pollak wrote. Yet it also makes African Americans more vulnerable to kidney disease, according to the study released last month in the online issue of Science Magazine.
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