Compositions and methods for augmenting kidney function
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- KIBOW BIOTECH
- Publication Date
- 2006-11-29
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
Background of the invention
[0001] Kidney disease is the fourth leading disease in the United States, affecting more than 20,000,000 Americans. Each year, more than 90,000 patients die from kidney disease. In recent years, the number of patients with chronic renal failure has been increasing at an annual rate of about 11%. About 80,000 Americans on dialysis die each year from various complications and more than 27,000 are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant each year, of whom only about 11,000 patients receive a kidney transplant. In addition, nearly 350,000 Americans suffer from end-stage renal disease (ESRD), the last stage of chronic renal failure.
[0002] Usually, the metabolic waste nitrogen of healthy people is mainly excreted through the kidneys in the form of urea, uric acid creatinine, etc. in the urine. However, in individuals with kidney disease, as well as many other diseases such as congenital deficiencies of urinary circulating enzymes, waste nitrogen...