The human kidney filters about a cup of blood every minute, removing waste, excess fluid, and toxins from it, while also ...

People with lower kidney function may have higher levels of several blood markers often used in research on Alzheimer's ...

Researchers identify live bacteria within calcium kidney stones, raising new questions about stone formation and suggesting new targets for prevention and treatment.

For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), severity of CKD is associated with an increased incidence of cognitive ...

BACKGROUND: The entrance of naive T cells into lymph nodes (LNs) is a crucial step for induction of heart transplant acceptance under costimulatory blockade. Specialized blood vessels within the LN ...

Noninvasive ultrasound localization microscopy-based assessment of intrarenal microvasculature can reveal microvascular abnormalities at an early stage in individuals with polycystic kidney disease.

On Jan. 15, 2026, Michael Hanaway, M.D., surgical director of the Kidney Transplant Program at University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Muhammad Rabbani, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of ...

Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation The human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone. Give it enough time and the right ...

A star of the BBC’s Lord of the Flies adaptation has shared how he has kidneys from both of his parents. David McKenna, 12, plays ‘Piggy’ in the series, based on the classic novel about young boys ...

Identifying population-based eGFR distributions may help to identify patients at risk for developing chronic kidney disease earlier, according to study data published in Kidney International. More ...

In an unexpected finding, a UCLA-led team has discovered that bacteria are present inside the most common type of kidney stone, revealing a previously unrecognized component involved in their ...

It is the ultimate story of survival and savagery. Lord Of The Flies, the classic tale of a group of British schoolboys stranded on an uninhabited island during a nuclear war, is set to become the BBC ...