Often overlooked, our kidneys play an important role in filtering out waste and removing toxins from our body. And so, it is ...

People with Type 2 diabetes should be concerned with their kidney function, but current testing is woefully insufficient. A ...

Red bell peppers is a food low in potassium, which is a key consideration for many people with kidney disease, while being ...

Baseline kidney function could help identify who is at greater risk for developing chronic kidney disease following cisplatin ...

A study published today in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is the first time researchers have shown evidence that a ...

Kidney's lymph vessels undergo harmful changes during chronic graft failure, and spread into deeper part of the kidney, which is normally free of lymphatics.

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

The Lerman Renovascular Research Lab at Mayo Clinic studies causes and treatments related to nephropathy from atherosclerotic ...

Dr. Lerman's Renovascular Research Lab at Mayo Clinic studies ways to improve atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, ...

Klotho, discovered in 1997 and primarily produced in kidneys and brain tissue, functions as a crucial "longevity protein" that modulates aging processes while affecting brain, heart, kidneys, and ...

We are living in an era of “discoveries that feel at once wondrous, improbable, and surreal,” writes Mary Roach in her new book.