A new study suggests that a group of drugs commonly used to treat diabetes may do exactly that. The research, recently published in the journal Kidney International, shows that medications known as ...

Scientists have engineered a "universal" kidney that can be accepted by any patient, regardless of blood type, which could drastically reduce waiting times for organ transplants.

Fish treated with SGLT2 inhibitors maintained healthier kidneys as they aged. Their kidneys preserved denser networks of capillaries, retained a stronger filtration barrier, and showed more stable ...

Scientists have taken a decisive step toward ending one of transplant medicine’s most stubborn bottlenecks: the need to match donor organs to a recipient’s blood type. By chemically reengineering a ...

A group of medications often used to treat diabetes may also help protect aging kidneys, according to a new study.

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a promising gene-editing therapy that directly corrects a genetic mutation responsible for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), the most common ...

The researchers compare the enzymes to scissors working on the molecular scale: By snipping off part of the type A antigen ...

This piece has been updated to clarify that, if the deal is signed, the Elara Caring/DaVita care model would not include ...

Johns Hopkins scientists and partners across the country are conducting research that could dramatically improve transplants, ...

As concerns rise about the effects of tiny plastic particles on human health, Flinders University researchers have led new research on whether nanoplastics can accumulate or cause damage in ...

A fast-aging fish is giving scientists a rare, accelerated look at how kidneys grow old—and how a common drug may slow that ...

The Nation Newspaper Buni commissions multi-billion naira research centre to tackle rising kidney disease in Yobe ...