New clinical equation accurately measures kidney function in children
Measuring a child's kidney function has traditionally been time-consuming, costly, and difficult to perform, but a new equation that uses parameters collected at routine office visits can effectively...
View ArticleNew urine test detects common cause of kidney transplant failure
A new and simple urine test can detect polyomavirus nephropathy, a relatively new and serious complication that affects up to 9% of kidney transplant recipients, according to a study appearing in the...
View ArticleNew survey results show huge burden of diabetes
In the United States, nearly 13 percent of adults age 20 and older have diabetes, but 40 percent of them have not been diagnosed, according to epidemiologists from the National Institutes of Health...
View ArticleNew findings on old kidneys could enhance transplants, study shows
The older the kidney, the worse it works — though exactly how much worse isn't known. But with a mean wait time of over three years for a kidney transplant, even old kidneys are in demand. The...
View ArticleRoadkill study could speed detection of kidney cancer
Large-scale data mining of gene networks in fruit flies has led researchers to a sensitive and specific diagnostic biomarker for human renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer. In...
View ArticleDonating a kidney is not bad for your health, research shows
People who donate a kidney live just as long and are just as healthy as those with two kidneys, according to a new study by University of Minnesota researchers that is the largest ever done on the...
View ArticleHopkins transplant surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor's vagina
In what is believed to be a first-ever procedure, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully removed a healthy donor kidney through a small incision in the back of the donor's vagina.
View ArticleDialysis patients residing at higher altitude have lower rate of death
Compared to dialysis patients living near sea level, dialysis patients living at an altitude higher than 4,000 feet have a 12-15 percent lower rate of death, according to a study in the February 4...
View ArticlePsychological impact found in adolescents with kidney transplants
A new study describes the psychological profile of adolescents who have received kidney transplants and compares them to those of healthy peers. The findings reveal a significantly higher prevalence of...
View ArticleWomen who drink lots of soda at higher risk for early kidney disease
Women who drink two or more cans of soda pop per day are nearly twice as likely to show early signs of kidney disease, a recent study has found.
View ArticleSticklebacks urinate differently when nestbuilding
Fish also build nests. Among sticklebacks this is done by the male, requiring so many of his resources that he cannot function normally while at work: He loses his ability to produce urine normally....
View ArticleRapid analysis of kidney stones
Kidney stones rank among the most common illnesses. Their recurrence might be prevented with the right postoperative care. However, for this to be effective, composition of the stones should be known....
View ArticleBoston Children's Hospital to tap IBM Watson to tackle rare pediatric diseases
In an initial project focused on kidney disease, Watson will analyze the massive volumes of scientific literature and clinical databases on the Watson Health Cloud to match genetic mutations to...
View ArticleHealthy or sick? Tiny cell bubbles may hold the answer
Rutgers scientists have uncovered biological pathways in the roundworm that provide insight into how tiny bubbles released by cells can have beneficial health effects, like promoting tissue repair, or...
View ArticleIn New York village, a trail of cancer leads to tap water
After his factory worker father died a painful death from kidney cancer at age 68 in 2013, Michael Hickey made it his mission to find out why so many people in his hometown along the Hoosic River were...
View ArticleSuper-resolution microscope promises faster, cheaper kidney disease diagnosis
A discovery, published this month in the journal Biomedical Optics Express, could allow doctors to diagnose kidney diseases faster and for less cost – using a new super-resolution microscope adapted by...
View Article'Kurly' protein keeps cilia moving, oriented in the right direction
A new study of a protein found in cilia - the hair-like projections on the cell surface - may help explain how genetic defects in cilia play a role in developmental abnormalities, kidney disease and a...
View ArticleHow the microenvironment can guide secretory cavities into tubes by...
A team of scientists from Singapore and France has revealed the underlying mechanism for the formation and growth of a fundamental type of tissue – epithelial tubes. Defects in the architecture of...
View ArticleSigned, sealed, undelivered: Polycystic kidney disease develops when the...
In an article published online ahead of print on Feb. 19, 2015 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the Ralph H. Johnson VA...
View ArticleGold nanoparticles may help improve understanding, detection of kidney disease
UT Dallas scientists are developing an innovative research technique that could help urologists better understand the early stages of kidney disease.
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