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wilson disease gene :: Article Creator Kidney Disease Gene Also Has A Protective Mutation image: Lead author Adriana Hung, MD, MPH, associate professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and principal investigator for the kidney disease grant for the Million Veteran Program from the Department of Veterans Affairs. view more Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center African Americans have long been known to be at increased risk of kidney disease due to a dangerous genetic mutation that creates a hole in the kidney cells, but Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) researchers have now discovered a protective genetic mutation that covers the hole to eliminate the risk. The findings on the apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) gene, published today in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, could have immediate and broad implications for kidney health because people with both the disease-