Researchers uncovered how fatty molecules called ceramides trigger acute kidney injury by damaging the mitochondria that ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 700 million people worldwide and is caused by genetic and environmental factors, as well as existing medical conditions. Known genetic risk factors for ...

Many men and women with “failing kidneys” may not have anything more than a normal age-related decline in kidney function. By Jane E. Brody If the public has learned anything about medicine during the ...