Researchers discover kidney disease gene affects more populations than previously thought

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered that kidney disease risk variants of the gene APOL1, previously known to affect African and African American populations, are also found at appreciable frequencies in Caribbean and Latin American populations. Knowing that the APOL1 risk is present in these populations could help physicians tailor treatment more closely to their needs -- a prime example of the pre...