Diagnostic Method and Biomarker for Detecting Renal Insuficiency

The invention is a diagnostic method and a biomarker for the detection of renal insufficiency (acute as well as chronic renal failure). The rationale of the invention is that the decrease in renal functions is accompanied by a significant increase in urinary PTHrP excretion.

The diagnostic method has a clinical application. The conditions diagnosed with this biomarker are both acute as well as chronic renal insufficiency including secondary chronic renal insufficiency due to diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis or nephrosclerosis.

Patent application number is P201131506.

The diagnostic method is available for licensing.