A groundbreaking study of nearly 45,000 people shows how a blood test measuring proteins can estimate which organs are aging ...

Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, does a deep dive on the signs of kidney disease. Following is a partial transcript of the video (note that errors are possible): ...

Our kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, located just below the rib cage, one on each side of your spine. Kidneys play one of ...

The human kidney is a masterclass in biological engineering. Responsible for filtering approximately 50 gallons of blood ...

“But she saved [eight] lives with her organs.” One of those lives was her cousin, Darvece Monson, who suffered from chronic kidney disease, a longstanding disease of the kidneys that leads to renal ...

By law, organ donations in India are only permitted between close relatives or with special government approval, but traffickers manipulate everything – family trees, hospital records, even DNA tests ...

Brits are waiting for a life saving organ donation amid an increase in the number of families not supporting donation at the ...

Portable ex vivo lung perfusion and ventilation with the Organ Care System (OCS) Lung system is a safe, effective method for preserving extended criteria donor (ECD) organs before transplant. Although ...

For people with kidney failure, home dialysis can offer more freedom and better quality of life. So what’s stopping the NHS ...

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has emerged as a powerful vertebrate model for studying kidney development and regeneration due ...

Medtronic is studying the use of its nitinol-enabled Symplicity Spyral renal denervation (RDN) catheter combined with hepatic ...

Most shockingly, diquat was dubbed “the worst offender” of the four weed killers. “It is 200 times more chronically toxic than glyphosate, is classified as a highly hazardous pesticide, and is banned ...