And so, the extra glucose in your bloodstream damages the glomerular membranes as well as other parts of the nephron. Also known as diabetes-related kidney disease, nephropathy causes kidney ...

Each kidney contains over one million microscopic filtering units called nephrons. Each nephron is made of a tubule and is responsible for 'cleaning' the blood by removing urea and excess water ...

Renal hypoplasia, defined as abnormally small kidneys with normal morphology and reduced nephron number, is a common cause of pediatric renal failure and adult-onset disease. Genetic studies ...