Professor Kenji Osafune (Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation) and his team of researchers have devised an effective ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as a progressive loss of renal function that lasts for more than 3 months, and is classified according to the degree of kidney damage – measured by the le ...

Organ Transplantation Research Institution, Division of Kidney Transplantation, Department of Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Background: ...

Certain foods are bad for your health if you have kidney disease. Healthy kidneys regulate the body’s mineral and protein levels. But kidney disease causes progressive damage that interferes with ...

World Kidney Day 2025 Theme and Significance: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is estimated to impact around 850 million individuals globally. If not detected and treated promptly, CKD can progress to ...

Feb. 20, 2025 — Researchers identify predictive markers of response to immunotherapy treatment in a study involving data from over 700 patients across six different cohorts. The study has ...

Purpose: Comprehension of the anatomical characteristics of pediatric kidney tumors is crucial for making surgical decisions. Previous kidney tumor nephrometry systems failed to incorporate two ...

Renal autotransplant is a type of surgery that helps patients manage severe, long-lasting kidney pain. During the procedure, transplant surgeons remove the kidney that's causing pain and implant—or ...

The insect renal (or Malpighian) tubule is a relatively simple epithelial tubule that possesses distinct functional regions along its length, including a distal region that secretes the primary urine, ...