New Study Exposes a ‘Global Killer in Plain Sight’
Chronic Kidney Disease a ‘Global Killer in Plain Sight’ Estimated 1.23 million deaths in 2017 Rates of people needing dialysis have increased 40% since 1990,…
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New Treatment Makes Passing Kidney Stones Faster and Less Painful
Muscle relaxants delivered to the ureter can reduce contractions that cause pain when passing a stone. Every year, more than half a million Americans visit…
Computer Kidney Sheds Light on Proper Hydration and the Impacts of Medications
A new computer kidney developed at the University of Waterloo could tell researchers more about the impacts of medicines taken by people who don’t drink…
Potential New Therapies For Untreatable Kidney Disease
The best hope for people with an inherited form of kidney disease that causes kidney failure is dialysis or a kidney transplant. But a study…
Scientists Use Stem Cells to Create Functioning Kidney Tissue
Scientists have successfully produced human kidney tissue within a living organism which is able to produce urine, a first for medical science. The study led…
Scientists Develop New Technique To Improve Kidney Research
Scientists at Yale School of Medicine have developed a new 3D-imaging technique to better understand and to help treat kidney disease. One in four patients…
Epithelial Cell-Cell Communication Crucial to Proper Kidney Function
Researchers identify molecules that help cells to pinpoint their position, allowing for the kidneys to function properly. For the kidneys to function flawlessly, millions of…
Yale Study Shows Metformin May be Safe for Patients with Kidney Disease
A newly published study from Yale University reveals that metformin (the most popular treatment for type 2 diabetes) may be safer for patients with mild…
Transplants Without the Need for Lifelong Immunosupression
As a result of organ transplantation, patients need to take a lifelong regimen of immunosuppressors to fight off graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), which is common and…