In adults and in children older than 2–3 months, the renal cortex is normally less echogenic than the liver parenchyma. Some researchers have suggested that hyperechogenicity of the renal cortex ...

Fibroblast activating protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET/CT imaging may be a non-invasive modality to monitor IgA nephropathy (IgAN) progression, preliminary study results suggest.

What Is Renal Cell Carcinoma? It's the most common type of kidney cancer. Although it’s a serious disease, finding and treating it early makes it more likely that you’ll be cured. No matter ...

A new review published in Genes & Diseases on long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) highlights their critical role in the development, diagnosis, and potential treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) and ...

Cancer of the kidney is a serious condition and understanding the risk factors can help you avoid developing it. Renal cell carcinomas (RCC), which originate in the cortex, are the most common ...

Renal autotransplant is a type of surgery that helps patients manage severe, long-lasting kidney pain. During the procedure, transplant surgeons remove the kidney that's causing pain and implant—or ...

At present, it is unknown which cells in the damaged organ are responsible for increased erythropoietin production in a hydronephrotic kidney. In patients with cystic renal diseases (in whom mild ...

Thurman M. Wheeler, MD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Nature Communications, "Analysis of human urinary extracellular ...