Proper function of the kidney is critical for concentrating urine, regulating blood pressure, and for the tight control of electrolyte levels in the blood. The kidney achieves these important ...

Perfectly punctual or fashionably late, it takes all kinds to build a kidney. So it is for stem cells building kidney tissue discovered timing is critical as the precise arrival of progenitor cells ...

For most children with renal masses, the standard of care has long been to remove the entire affected kidney- which is the protocol for Wilms tumor, the most common kidney cancer in children. But is ...

Subclinical structural features in kidneys from living donors that can only be seen with a microscope modestly contribute to predicting the long-term success of a transplant, new research suggests. In ...

When the kidneys start to fail, their effects are felt on the internal system of the body. With the gradual decline in renal-homeostatic function, hormonal, structural changes ensue that compromise ...

Orthostatic hypotension may be asymptomatic and should be assessed, according to investigators. Middle-aged adults with orthostatic hypotension experience greater kidney function decline than those ...

The kidney carries out important functions via microscopic functional units called nephrons. Researchers are investigating which factors control the formation and function of specific segments of the ...