Chronic kidney disease is a serious medical problem that changes the lives of about 13% of the world’s population. Some kidney damage is reversible; kidney cells can marshal their repair mechanisms to ...

A loss of salt and body fluid can stimulate kidney regeneration and repair in mice, according to a NIH-funded study led by USC Stem Cell scientist Janos Peti-Peterdi and published in The Journal of ...

BOSTON – To a certain extent, kidneys have the capacity to repair themselves after being injured, but a switch can occur from such intrinsic repair to incomplete repair that leads to irreversible ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI), often triggered by ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury during surgeries like transplantation, frequently progresses to irreversible fibrosis and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

A loss of salt and body fluid can stimulate kidney regeneration and repair in mice, according to a new study. This innate regenerative response relies on a small population of kidney cells in a region ...

Genetic mutations which cause a debilitating hereditary kidney disease affecting children and young adults have been fixed in patient-derived kidney cells using a potentially game-changing DNA ...

Kidneys quietly perform some of the body’s most important functions, yet kidney disease often remains unnoticed until ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say they were surprised that an algorithm indicated that women are at higher risk of kidney damage after aneurysm repair. Westend61/Getty Images About 200,000 people in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In transcatheter mitral valve repair, patients with chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease ...

A compound called SCR7 supports DNA repair to prevent irreparable tissue damage and chronic kidney disease progression. A compound called SCR7 supports DNA repair to prevent irreparable tissue damage ...