The first cell atlas of the human kidney's immune system has been created after scientists mapped nearly 70,000 individual kidney cells from early life and adults. Researchers generated the atlas and ...

Credit: Getty Images The atlas will allow investigators to compare healthy kidney cells to injured cells to understand the factors that contribute to recovery or kidney disease progression, including ...

A sweeping new report assessing chronic kidney disease in the United States offers startling statistics about a condition that affects almost 14 percent of the U.S. population and costs billions in ...

The kidney to be transplanted is cleansed and put on ice. The kidney can survive outside of the body for a short amount of time before being transplanted. A novel kidney transplant program at the ...

A machine-learning algorithm can use demographic, symptomatic, and clinical data to accurately predict the health-related quality of life (QoL) of patients with kidney stones, new research shows.

A novel test that estimates the risk of a patient with type 2 diabetes developing end-stage kidney disease significantly outperformed more conventional risk-prediction methods in studies that used ...

14 March is observed as World Kidney Day all over the globe. Around 850 million people worldwide are now estimated to have kidney diseases brought on by various causes. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) ...

Kidney stones, also called urinary stones, are rock-like substances in one or both of your kidneys. They form when you have an imbalance of minerals, like calcium or uric acid, in your urine (pee).

Size is a determining factor in whether a kidney stone can pass naturally and how long it takes. Small stones (less than 4 mm) usually pass on their own in about 31 days. Larger stones typically take ...

The first cell atlas of the human kidney's immune system has been created after scientists mapped nearly 70,000 individual kidney cells from early life and adults. Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger ...