Chronic kidney diseases affect more than 10% of the world’s population, and most cases arise from disorders of the kidney’s filtration barrier, which is located within a million microvascular units ...

Scientists in Japan have found a "skeleton key" for congenital kidney disease research. Using iPS cells generated from the skin cells of a patient with a nephrin mutation, Kumamoto University ...

Disturbances in many different molecular pathways and interactions can lead to the same clinical end points of proteinuria and end-stage renal disease. Proteinuria is often accompanied by a ...

Recently, a novel DTx-based system was developed, which allows the short-term ablation of specific cells in vivo, called toxin receptor-mediated cell knockout. A single administration of DTx to ...

(BOSTON) -- The kidney - made up of about a million tiny units that work to filter blood, constantly rids the body of undesired waste products to form urine while holding back blood cells and valuable ...