Four distinct factors—malnutrition, inflammation, acidosis, and hyperkalemia—were recently assessed in more than 1500 patients with community-acquired AKI. Among these patients with mild-to-moderate ...

In the lab, it’s easier to grow simple balls of cells than complex asymmetrical structures with two distinct ends—like the one million filtering units, or nephrons, that make up a human kidney. But ...

A kidney "grown" in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say. Similar techniques to make simple body parts have already been used in ...

Initiating haemodialysis (HD) gradually instead of following the conventional thrice-a-week schedule may help patients with ...

A functioning kidney created by scientists in a US laboratory could offer huge promise in the field of regenerative medicine, writes Science Reporter Asha Tanna. The team of researchers at ...

Today, health plans are shifting dollars to more value-based contracts along with investments in population health management. Digitizing lab results across all care settings and unlocking the ...

“Scientists have grown a kidney in a laboratory and shown that it works when implanted into a living animal”, The Guardian reports. As this story suggests, early stage research has shown that rat ...