Have you had your water today? Well, you should, because your kidneys need it. About 10% of people will get kidney stones at some point in their lives. More than half a million people every year are ...

Our understanding of how biological sex shapes the pathophysiology of the kidney has expanded markedly. Men and women differ in the prevalence, progression and outcome of many renal conditions.

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones that safeguard proteostasis during renal stress. They facilitate protein folding and prevent aggregation, modulate signalling cascades, and ...

A research team has investigated structural changes in kidneys of patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. The results show that high blood pressure can lead to abnormalities in the podocytes, ...

Kidney stones are fairly common now, regardless of age or gender. Kidney stones are the formation of hard mineral deposits that produce both pain and discomfort. Let's take a closer look at the main ...

A new study published in the journal eGastroenterology provides an updated assessment of the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI). This ...

UB research has identified how a misstep in the genesis of a key component of the kidney causes infantile cystinosis, a rare disease that significantly shortens the lifespan of patients. Published Nov ...

AKI — Increase in serum creatinine ≥0.3 mg/dl within 48 hr or increase ≥1.5 times baseline level Increase in serum creatinine ≥0.3 mg/dl within 48 hr or increase ≥1.5 times baseline level, which is ...

Acute renal failure (ARF) is categorized into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal types, each resulting from different underlying causes affecting kidney function. Symptoms of ARF, such as reduced urine ...