Associate Professor in Microvascular Medicine, Rebecca Foster, explores therapeutic approaches to improve kidney health for ...

Scientists report significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells destined to form the kidney's filtration system, the nephrons. NPCs hold immense promise for ...

A team has devised a more accurate way of measuring an indicator of kidney function known as glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by taking aging into account. Annual health checkups regularly include ...

Tiny RNA molecules carried by extracellular vesicles in the bloodstream can accurately predict kidney function decline and cardiovascular risk in chronic kidney disease (CKD), as reported by ...

August 3, 2010 — Albuminuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) are independently linked to acute kidney injury (AKI), according to the results of the population-based Atherosclerosis ...

In patients with chronic kidney disease, the loss of podocytes—part of the kidney's glomerular filtration barrier—causes irreversible disease progression. So far, physicians and researchers have found ...

A glomerular filtration rate (GFR) test is a simple blood test that measures how well the kidneys are functioning. A doctor may order a GFR test to gauge kidney health. The kidneys are a pair of ...

Results show that it may be beneficial to add longitudinal monitoring of kidney function to the management of patients with MDS.