Kidney failure occurs when your kidneys lose the ability to filter waste from your blood sufficiently. It may not cause symptoms in the early stages. Your kidneys filter your blood and remove ...

Kidney stones (also known as nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis) form in your urinary system when you have high levels of certain substances in your urine that crystalize and stick together. There are ...

Back pain can often be mistaken for muscle strain or fatigue, but certain types of discomfort could actually point to potential kidney damage ...

Dr. Sushrut Waikar, Chief of Nephrology at Boston Medical Center and lead author of the study, explains that the new ...

Diagnostic testsUrinalysis: A simple urine test can detect the presence of protein in the urine, indicating kidney damage.

BASED ON THE RESULTS OF A ROUTINE BLOOD TEST. MORE TESTS SENT HER TO DARTMOUTH, WHERE SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS IN KIDNEY FAILURE. AT JUST 15, SHE WAS PLACED ON THE TRANSPLANT LIST, HOPING FOR A NEW ...

"Our study shows that we can deliver genes to renal tubules and podocytes [highly specialized cells] in the kidney, the two important target cell types for gene therapy, and while there is a ...

NYU Langone The surgery took a couple of hours Over the next two-and-a-half days they closely monitored the kidney, running numerous checks and tests ... organs for this type of research use.