A conserved signaling axis linking Drosophila adipose tissue to nephrocyte function reveals how obesity can drive kidney dysfunction and points to new opportunities for therapeutic intervention.

Diabetic kidney disease affects a growing proportion of people with diabetes and remains the leading cause of end-stage renal ...

The year saw the emergence of a new version of an old drug that proved beneficial in patients who have heart failure with ...

For most of his life, this man rejected the idea of God, an afterlife, or purpose beyond biology. When kidney failure took his life, he expected nothing at all. Instead, he describes encountering ...

Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about ...

Background: Kidney cancer is a highly heterogeneous oncologic disease with historically poor prognosis. Precise assessment of the risk of distal metastasis can facilitate risk stratification and ...

Experts say we’re in a golden age for treating chronic kidney disease, with new drugs like Ozempic yielding major results. Will dialysis and organ transplants become a thing of the past? A healthy ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disorder in which clusters of fluid-filled cysts gradually develop within the kidneys. As these cysts enlarge and multiply, they damage the surrounding ...

On the first day of ASN 2025 Kidney Week, Dr Sumeska Thavarajah reports on several clinical trials in kidney disease that were presented, notably including a phase 2 study of rilparencel, a stem cell ...

Nine out of 10 people with chronic kidney disease only find out when it progresses to later stages. Here’s what we know about its risk factors—and why there's new reason to hope for more effective ...

Rates of the disease have been rising for decades, driven in part by diabetes and high blood pressure. By Nina Agrawal The number of adults with chronic kidney disease is growing, according to a study ...

Editor’s note: The following story was submitted for the Shaler Area Student Section, a collaboration between TribLive and The Oracle, the student newspaper of Shaler Area High School. For many ...