Kidney damage that seemingly heals appears to mutate the DNA in the mitochondria of kidney cells, making the organ less ...

In a quiet hospital room in Chongqing, China, a 68-year-old brain-dead man became part of a historic medical experiment—one ...

After ten years of research, scientists have made a major step toward solving one of the biggest challenges in kidney transplants finding a perfect match between donor and recipient blood types.A team ...

After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney organ transplants: being able to ...

Researchers have converted a blood type A kidney to a blood type O kidney and successfully transplanted it, they reported in ...

Abstract: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has become a serious public health problem because of its characteristic ’three highs and one low’: high prevalence, high disability rate, high medical costs, ...

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The scenario of chronic kidney disease (CKD) management has been transformed by the advent of sodium glucose co-transporter-2 ...

For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait ...

Scientists have reported the first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O, ...