A cystatin C–based blood test may provide a more reliable way to monitor kidney function in children and young adults with SCD, a study found.

Kidney stones are not just a painful one-time event but often signal deeper health imbalances. Experts warn they frequently recur, with a 50% chance within five years. Dehydration, high-salt diets, ...

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A 56-year-old man with liver failure has become the first living person to be surgically connected to a genetically modified ...

It’s probably the most difficult question Greg Mackay has ever asked in his life. Would you be willing to donate one of your ...

The current kidney care model—focused on late-stage disease and in-center hemodialysis—is unsustainable, because of costs, environmental burden, poor outcomes, and reduced quality of life.

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

An implantable bioartificial kidney being developed by The Kidney Project – a nationwide collaboration led by Bangladeshi American Professor Shuvo Roy of U.C. San Francisco and Dr. William Fissell of ...

Chronic kidney disease is a silent epidemic that is often diagnosed too late, leading to limited treatment options and poor outcomes, and the U.S. health care system needs to prioritize early ...

Chronic kidney disease is a silent epidemic that is often diagnosed too late, leading to limited treatment options and poor ...