MicroRNA testing of healthy kids could provide a window on future heart and kidney health

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Molecules called microRNAs (miRNAs) that are measurable in urine have been identified by researchers at Mount Sinai as predictors of both heart and kidney health in children without disease. The epidemiological study of Mexican children was published in February in the journal Epigenomics.