{"id":102220,"date":"2026-04-07T11:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/scientists-find-promising-new-drug-against-rare-life-threatening-kidney-disease\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:36:16","slug":"scientists-find-promising-new-drug-against-rare-life-threatening-kidney-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/scientists-find-promising-new-drug-against-rare-life-threatening-kidney-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists find promising new drug against rare, life-threatening kidney disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A groundbreaking oral drug, N-propargylglycine (N-PPG), has shown remarkable success in preventing fatal kidney damage in mice with Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 2 (PH2). This rare genetic disorder causes excessive oxalate buildup, leading to kidney failure. The drug effectively halts stone formation and protects kidneys, offering significant hope for a new treatment and potentially reducing the need for transplants.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A groundbreaking oral drug, N-propargylglycine (N-PPG), has shown remarkable success in preventing fatal kidney damage in mice with Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 2 (PH2). This rare genetic disorder causes excessive oxalate buildup, leading to kidney failure. The drug effectively halts stone formation and protects kidneys, offering significant hope for a new treatment and potentially reducing the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/scientists-find-promising-new-drug-against-rare-life-threatening-kidney-disease\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scientists find promising new drug against rare, life-threatening kidney disease<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":102221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}