Cat Models Hold Potential To Treat Chronic Kidney Disease by Karishma Abhishek on March 14, 2021 at 7:08 AM The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), a study published online by Frontiers in Veterinary Science in the Veterinary Regenerative Medicine platform. Chronic kidney disease is a condition affecting 37 million people in the US (as per Centers for Disease Control), in which the kidneys are damaged and cannot filter blood as normal. This may progress to end-stage kidney failure, which is fatal without dialysis or a kidney transplant.
About 58 million cats in the United States are estimated to suffer from chronic kidney disease thereby affecting 30-50% of cats age 15 years or older, according to the