Serious damage to short-term kidney function—known as acute kidney injury, or AKI—can be fatal and also increase the risk of ...

Our kidneys operate as filters in our body, which eliminate blood waste, along with excess water and toxic substances from the body. A decrease in kidney function leads to waste accumulation ...

Record numbers of men and women globally are now estimated to have reduced kidney function, a new study shows. Figures rose ...

Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making cross-species kidney transplants a real option in the near future.