New insights into why a faulty gene involved in a devastating form of a kidney condition called nephrotic syndrome leads to disease in some patients have been identified in new Kidney Research ...

Everyone should know their kidney health. There are common risk factors to consider and it only takes 60 seconds to learn more about your risk. Today, March 10 th, is World Kidney Day and it’s as good ...

KIDNEY failure is a long-term condition where the organs that filter waste products from the blood don’t work as they should. But what do we know about the condition that David Cassidy is reported to ...

High creatinine is a sign that our kidneys are under stress, and are not filtering waste as they should. High creatinine does not always mean damage, but simply means that it requires attention and ...

Many people have routine health checkups every year, and one common test is a urine test. This test may seem simple, but it can reveal important information about how well your kidneys are working.

In the UK, more than 10 per cent of the population is estimated to have some stage of chronic kidney disease and more than 600,000 people develop some form of acute kidney injury – when the kidneys ...

A NEW type of organ transplant has been successfully completed twice by New York University Langone Health using kidneys from a genetically-engineered animal. The medical center says they completed ...

Kidneys from donors with hepatitis C work just as well as uninfected kidneys after a transplant, a new study finds. There are three times as many transplant centers that use kidneys infected with ...