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December 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Father’s battle with kidney disease fuels researcher’s determination to find cure

By Advancing the Science contributor

Fouad Chebib, M.D., grew up in a small town in Lebanon. After finishing medical school in Beirut, Dr. Chebib chased his dream across the world to Mayo Clinic. That dream was finding a cure for polycystic kidney disease, or PKD, a genetic defect or mutation that results in the formation of kidney cysts. And it was […]

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