Using CRISPR to correct the mutations behind polycystic kidney disease could counter some of the damage the condition causes ...

CMS provided an update on the status of the Kidney Care Choices Model on Monday, choosing to largely extend the model for an additional year.

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal.

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.

The FDA has approved Vanrafia (atrasentan), a once-daily pill that reduces proteinuria in adults with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), offering new hope for slowing kidney damage.

Like brain cells, kidney cells can form memories Scientists found memory’s molecular machinery at work in cells outside the nervous system ...

Understanding what are the most common causes of kidney failure can enable clinicians to provide early interventions and prevent mortality.

The scientists focused on how healthy kidneys originally evolved from the primitive kidney structure of the fish into more complicated and more efficiently working kidneys to absorb more salt and ...

In the mouse MD cells, the scientists also identified specific signals from certain genes, including Wnt, NGFR, and CCN1, which could be enhanced by a low-salt diet to regenerate kidney structure ...

Chronic inflammatory kidney diseases cause serious illnesses, including complete kidney failure, which must be treated with extensive regular blood washing or kidney transplantation. Most of these ...

This letter describes a woman with recurrent episodes of acute kidney injury due to oxalate nephropathy after hair-straightening procedures and provides evidence that glyoxylic acid is responsible.

The FDA has approved Jardiance to reduced the risk of kidney disease progression and cardiovascular death in chronic kidney disease.