Scientists say they are a step closer to growing fully functioning replacement kidneys, after promising results in animals. When transplanted into pigs and rats, the kidneys worked, passing... Read more
Regenerative medicine researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have addressed a major challenge in the quest to build replacement kidneys in the lab. Working with human-sized pig ki... Read more
Scientists have for the first time grown a complex, fully functional organ from scratch in a living animal by transplanting cells that were originally created in a laboratory. The advance co... Read more
The precise cellular signalling responsible for kidney regeneration and exposing the multi-layered nature of kidney growth has been pinpointed in a new study. The research paves the way for... Read more
A new data analysis technique radically improves monitoring of kidney patients, according to a University of Leeds-led study, and could lead to profound changes in the way we understand our... Read more
End stage kidney disease is a global public health problem with an estimated 2.4 million patients on dialysis. The number of new cases is rising (7-8% annually) due to population ageing and... Read more
Therapy might prevent kidney injury that often arises following major surgery Ultrasound treatment can help prevent acute kidney injury in animals. Anti-inflammatory effects of the treatment... Read more
A new technique that involves removing the nerves connecting the kidney to the brain has shown to significantly reduce blood pressure and help lower the risk of stroke, heart and renal disea... Read more
Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have developed a compound that holds much promise in the laboratory in fighting renal (kidney) cancer. Named TIR-199, the compound targets... Read more
“We also found no ill effects on long-term health from the procedure.” Directing short bursts of radio waves at nerves surrounding the kidneys lowered blood pressure for at lea... Read more
Colleagues have for the first time constructed “organoids” that can be integrated into a living animal and carry out kidney functions With a worldwide shortage of kidneys for pat... Read more
One step closer to finding a therapeutic solution to a complex disease Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a regulator protein that plays a crucial role in kidney... Read more
Rick Ruzzamenti admits to being a tad impulsive. He traded his Catholicism for Buddhism in a revelatory flash. He married a Vietnamese woman he had only just met. And then a year ago, he dec... Read more
Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have identified a compound that attacks the Achilles’ heel of certain cancer cells by depriving them of their energy source, the suga... Read more
Reprogrammed Kidney Cells Could Make Transplants and Dialysis Things of the Past Approximately 60 million people across the globe have chronic kidney disease, and many will need dialysis or... Read more
