Chronic kidney disease can quietly reshape a life long before the first lab test comes back abnormal. More than 700 million ...

High blood pressure could do more damage than you think.A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has discovered ...

While diabetes has long been known to harm the kidneys, this study confirms that high blood pressure can also cause direct ...

Unlike other human stem cells, Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) can be produced directly from adult cells. Now, researchers have shown that human kidney podocytes produced from iPS cells via ...

Human stem cells are of great interest in the fields of regenerative medicine and medical research because they reproduce indefinitely and can differentiate into every other cell type found in the ...

IgA nephropathy is an autoimmune kidney disease, and complement, a component of the innate immune system, plays a role in the condition's pathogenesis. Investigators have developed and tested a novel ...

CCL5 protects podocytes, the kidney’s essential filtration cells, but simultaneously drives harmful inflammation. Ultimately, these damaging effects surpass its protective role, leading to progressive ...

BUFFALO, NY-August 8, 2023 – A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 14, entitled, “Inhibiting ...

A fasting-mimicking diet may promote renoprotection by reducing proteinuria and improving endothelial function. Cycles of controlled fasting may promote regeneration of podocytes in patients with ...

A newly-established protocol offers hope for kidney disease modeling, drug discovery, and potential cell therapies. Previous work from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University established a protocol ...