Blocking fatty ceramides could stop acute kidney injury—and possibly revolutionize mitochondrial disease treatment.

These findings underscore the limitations of relying on proteinuria alone to assess LN treatment success and demonstrate the clinical utility of biomarker-guided risk stratification.

Kidney stone pain can radiate from the back or side to the lower abdomen or groin, whereas menstrual cramps cause discomfort ...

All in all, about 8% of men received scrotal surgery following kidney donation during the study period, compared to 0.2% of ...

The mystery deepens when we discover that ancient Greek temples, built thousands of miles away and centuries later, encoded the same geodetic principles—their measurements directly derived from the ...

A mismatch between two common tests for kidney function may indicate a higher risk for kidney failure, heart disease, and ...

In FSGS, podocytes are damaged, like a net with torn holes, allowing protein to leak into the urine, creating a harmful ...

Engineers and clinicians have found that adding light-absorbing nanoparticles to surgical saline can make laser kidney stone removal up to seven times more efficient, without raising heat risks or ...

Reptiles don’t just pee, they crystallize their waste. Researchers found that snakes and other reptiles form tiny uric acid spheres, a water-saving evolutionary trick. This discovery could illuminate ...

MASLD significantly increases the risk of kidney stones, with an odds ratio of 3.38, compared to 1.96 for MASH. The study used data from over 140 million hospitalizations, making it one of the largest ...

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