New York. A multi-institutional international study published on the New England Journal of Medicine in January revealed that the CRKL gene is mainly responsible for congenital malformations of the kidney and urinary tract observed in patients with DiGeorge syndrome. The study, led by Dr. Simone Sanna-Cherchi at the Columbia University in New York and coordinated by the Giannina Gaslini Institution of Genoa (Dr. Gian Marco Ghiggeri) for the paediatrics section and the University of Brescia (Professor Francesco Scolari and the University of Bari (Professor Loreto Gesualdo) for the adult portion of the study. The study saw the participation of many Italian Nephrology institutions. (9Colonne)