Domestic cats are highly susceptible to irreversible chronic kidney disease and often die from the illness after prolonged suffering.
Toru Miyazaki, 59, a professor at the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Tokyo, has got to the bottom of a health issue that torments cat owners and lovers, and cats themselves of course, and is now working on the development of a remedy.
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