In two recent papers, Penn's Alex Hughes made major strides toward the creation of artificial kidney tissue by demonstrating ...

A fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) restored kidney function in a rodent model and promoted renoprotection ... models a low-salt ...

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Progress in Development of a New High-Tech Kidney Disease Urine Test July 9, 2024 — Development of a new way to accurately measure human serum albumin (HSA) levels in people with chronic kidney ...

Amid a deadly E. coli outbreak, a Colorado teen is said to be battling kidney failure after consuming McDonald's hamburgers.

In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier—causes irreversible disease progression. So far, physicians and researchers have found ...

PITTSBURGH — A man from Pittsburgh is part of a medical trial that might be the catalyst to change federal law. We brought ...

Genomic Variants that Increase Risk of Kidney Disease are Found in Nearly One-Third of West Africans, NIH Reports ...

Climate change is driving more extreme heat and more air pollution from wildfires, each of which put human health at risk.

In smaller towns and villages, the parts of an owl — the skull, feathers, ear tufts, claws, heart, liver, kidney, blood, eyes ...

Inadequate fluid balance can lead to dehydration, which in turn affects your heart and kidneys. Eating a potassium-rich diet and staying hydrated can help you maintain good fluid balance.

a Bioengineering Ph.D. graduate -- carefully analyzed microscopic images of developing animal kidneys at different times to determine their geometry and pressed on the organs with tiny tools to ...