As demand for weight-loss injections sold under brand names such as Ozempic and Wegovy continues to soar, a new study has uncovered neurological and behavioral health benefits amid increased risks for ...

More than 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study, ...

"I think that really undersells how amazing the structure is," says Hughes, who points out that kidneys grow in utero like ...

The Dextran was tracked and detected in the new structures’ tubules, demonstrating that filtrate was indeed being produced and excreted as urine. “We have proved beyond any doubt these structures ...

“It’s still a hypothesis,” adds Hughes, “but we think that the stem cells that are around these tubules are effectively ... the development of artificial kidneys, which would represent ...

even in advanced chronic kidney disease; cysts derived from proximal tubules, but not those derived from distal tubules, contained increased concentrations of bioactive erythropoietin.

THE ever-increasing number of case reports of renal complications in sulfonamide drug therapy indicates that neither the mechanism of their production nor the means of preventing them is yet ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) may progress to chronic kidney disease, and there is an urgent need for approaches that improve the limited regeneration of the renal tubules after AKI.

An alternative approach, to which we subscribe, involves finding a limited number of biomarkers that identify injury to primary sites in the kidney, such as the glomerulus or the proximal tubule ...

Many patients had symptoms and test results suggesting Fanconi syndrome, a condition caused by damage to the renal tubules in the kidneys. Nearly 20 percent were receiving treatment with steroid ...