KetoCitra is Here

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Two years in the making, a medical food conceived and developed by UC Santa Barbara molecular biologists specifically for people with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is now available. The formulation, called KetoCitra, is designed for the nutritional management of individuals with PKD, an inherited disease that causes painful, fluid-filled kidney cysts that slowly destroy normal kidney function.

There is no cure for this common disease that affects more than half a million people in the United States alone. Most PKD patients eventually require dialysis or kidney transplantation. KetoCitra, taken under medical supervision in conjunction with a kidney-friendly diet, offers those with mild to moderate PKD a potential alternative to beneficially manage their disease by mitigating the aggravating effects of a standard American diet.

“I’m very happy that we actually were able to do all this,” said Thomas Weimbs(link is external), a professor in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, whose primary research focus has been on the molecular mechanisms underlying polycystic kidney disease and related renal diseases. In the more than 20 years of his career spent studying kidney conditions, progress via pharmaceutical offerings has remained limited. However, research from Weimbs’ UCSB lab recently showed that dietary interventions were highly promising.

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Monday, November 29, 2021