Chronic kidney failure now ninth leading cause of death, global analysis finds
A record number of men and women around the world are now estimated to have reduced kidney function, according to ...
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Disagreement between two kidney function tests predicts serious health problems
A difference between two common kidney function tests may indicate a higher risk of kidney failure, heart disease and death, ...
Child’s kidney cancer has millions of genetic changes, opening the door to possible treatments
Researchers have discovered that certain childhood cancers have a significantly higher number of DNA changes than we thought previously, modifying ...
Protective gene proved to preserve mitochondria during the progression of kidney disease
Research by the children's hospital for Fudan University in China has revealed that a gene called a factor of differentiation ...
Researchers identify signaling mechanism that damages cells in diabetic kidney disease
Diabetic kidney disease, a complication of diabetes, is considered the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and kidney failure worldwide. ...
Inducing a gene that informs cell signaling could stop diabetic kidney disease, study suggests
New research led by nephrology specialists at Stony Brook Medicine, focused on targeting key cell signaling between two kidney cell ...
Stem cell studies detail how progenitor cells self-renew, differentiate, and aggregate into early kidney structures
A group of essential signaling molecules known as the Wnt pathway emerged early in the evolution of multicellular life. Scientists ...
New study shows cells are involved in unhealthy relationships after acute kidney injury in mice
A study published in Nature Communications This study provides new insights into how damaged cells interact in disease-promoting microenvironments after ...
Diet-free induced pluripotent stem cells show promise for chronic kidney disease therapies in cats
As part of medical advances aimed at improving people's quality of life, a team led by Osaka Metropolitan University has, ...
Scientists Discover Kidney Cancers Rely on Mitochondrial Metabolism to Metastasize
Unlike how tumors function while they are still in the kidney, metastatic kidney cancers rely heavily on mitochondrial metabolism, according ...
