The kidney carries out important functions via microscopic functional units called nephrons. Researchers are investigating which factors control the formation and function of specific segments of the ...

The single-nephron glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is similar to total GFR assessed for all nephrons, according to results of a study published June 15 in the New England Journal of Medicine. "[T]he ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing health problem of epidemic proportions worldwide. Numerous randomized clinical trials and epidemiological studies have reported systemic hypertension (HTN) to ...

A recent inspection at a South Carolina drug production facility flagged several problems with how the company was producing drugs for the mass market, little more than a year after the same facility ...

Following kidney injury, repair can result in functional tissue becoming a patch of cells and disorganized extracellular matrix—a scar—or it can recapitulate the original tissue architecture through ...

Long-term survival of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with targeted therapy (TT) without cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN). Background: Organ preserving surgery represents ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Nephron-sparing techniques for treating renal masses smaller than 4 cm are more effective than radical nephrectomy (RN) in preserving renal function, a study shows. Ganesh Raj, MD, and ...