Kidney transplantation can be done using kidneys from either living or deceased donors, and both options save lives. Living ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that even slight abnormalities in kidney function—within the normal ...

A kidney transplant is placing a healthy kidney into a person whose kidneys have failed and not working properly. It is recommended for people with end-stage kidney disease, where both the kidneys are ...

Scientists have uncovered why people with chronic kidney disease so often die from heart problems: damaged kidneys release ...

Bethenny Frankel reveals her stage 2 chronic kidney disease diagnosis, explains possible causes and urges regular blood work and health monitoring.

New research shows diseased kidneys release toxic extracellular vesicles into the blood, damaging the heart and explaining ...

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