If kidney failure occurs, patients may need dialysis several times a week or a kidney transplant to survive. Global health ...

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.

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

Eiffert is in need of a kidney transplant and has taken it upon himself to look for a donor. He is currently one of 500 ...

Dickie Thon never hesitated. He didn’t worry about the risks to his own health or how long it would take him to get back on ...

Kidney disease often creeps in silently, and many patients aren’t diagnosed until major damage is already done. New research ...

What if a simple urine test could warn you about hidden kidney damage before symptoms even appear? It can—and that's exactly ...

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

Scientists have identified a key reason why more than half of people with chronic kidney disease eventually die from heart-related conditions. New evidence shows that damaged kidneys release a ...

The survey found that while nearly 90 percent of American adults have at least one risk factor for CKM syndrome, the vast majority have no idea it even exists.