Serious damage to short-term kidney function—known as acute kidney injury, or AKI—can be fatal and also increase the risk of irreversible chronic kidney disease. It can be triggered by stressors ...

People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a significantly increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease. They also ...

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 ...

As its lead gene therapy flows toward the clinic, Purespring Therapeutics is uncorking new preclinical data showing the candidate reduced kidney scarring and fibrosis in mice and safely delivered a ...

Fluorescent microscope image of the proximal tubule, the part of the kidney that’s most affected by ceramides. [Luis Cedeño-Rosario] Serious damage to short-term kidney function, known as acute kidney ...

A research effort led by scientists from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) has led to the development of more mature and complex lab-grown kidney progenitor ...

Glycans are important complex carbohydrates found on cell surfaces that serve crucial roles in cell-to-cell communication, structure, and protection. They are attached to many proteins in the body, ...

A study provides new insight into how damaged cells interact within disease-promoting microenvironments following acute kidney injury, or AKI. Researchers used a cutting-edge tool, called seqFISH, ...

Serious damage to short-term kidney function—known as acute kidney injury, or AKI—can be fatal and also increase the risk of irreversible chronic kidney disease. It can be triggered by stressors ...