Science & Medicine: Studying San Antonio construction workers to figure out why laborers in Central America are dying of kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease with no clear cause is killing young people who do…
Petrie Dish · Bonnie Petrie
March 15, 20262m 10s
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Show Notes
Chronic kidney disease with no clear cause is killing young people who do physical labor in Central America at an alarming rate. A UT Health San Antonio researcher has spent a decade looking for answers, and this summer, he'll study similar workers in San Antonio to see if clues he uncovers here can save lives there.