Research links environmental exposures to CKD development and progression. Here’s what clinicians and patients need to know.

Doctors treating kidney disease have long depended on trial-and-error to find the best therapies for individual patients. Now ...

Synopsis Aberrant kidney organogenesis translates into developmental syndromes and renal pathologies. This study establishes a human fetal-derived kidney organoid culture that enables in vitro ...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited condition that can lead to kidney failure. Being able to accurately predict how the disease will progress is very ...

Pluripotent stem cell (PSC)–derived kidney organoids are used to model human renal development and disease; however, accessible models of human fetal development to benchmark PSC-derived organoids ...

In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a pig organ as soon as this summer as part of a clinical trial program ...

The kidney, a critical organ for waste filtration and fluid regulation, is the subject of a groundbreaking molecular mapping project that could reshape our understanding of renal health.

A new article expands our understanding of sensory neurons in the tentacles of sea anemones, linking them to kidney disease in humans through a common gene.

The U of A has led publication of a paper that expands our understanding of sensory neurons in the tentacles of sea anemones, linking them to kidney disease in humans through a common gene.  ...

There’s a sculpture of a kidney in artist Micheal Yankowski’ s “Dreams and Fabrications” exhibit at River Oaks Square Arts Center in Alexandria.