Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in kidney research. In a paper published in the journal Communications Biology, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Ramin Sadeghian present ...

Excessive phosphate loading within the proximal tubular lumen has been proposed as a key mechanism driving progression of ...

Using measures of kidney function and biomarkers to look at kidney tubule damage, this study showed that use of NSAIDS for pain in older ambulatory adults did not lead to kidney injury or decrease in ...

The kidneys play a dominant role in regulating both the volume and composition of the extracellular fluid. They function to ensure that the body maintains a homeostatic internal environment. They ...

Scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) are working on a new approach to treating kidney failure that could one day free people from needing dialysis or taking drugs to ...