Over 1,000 genes may serve as possible treatment targets for individuals with kidney disease, according to a new study, published in Science, from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the ...

For instance, the American Academy of Dermatology Association (AAD) reveals five warning signs that Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD ... strawlike tubule to filter out unnecessary toxins and waste ...

5,12,32 Furthermore, certain renal abnormalities of function may appear during a course ... available for exchange with sodium in the distal tubule, leading to excessive exchange of potassium ...

Each kidney contains over one million microscopic filtering units called nephrons. Each nephron is made of a tubule and is responsible for 'cleaning' the blood by removing urea and excess water ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) may progress to chronic kidney disease, and there is an urgent need for approaches that improve the limited regeneration of the renal tubules after AKI.

Many patients had symptoms and test results suggesting Fanconi syndrome, a condition caused by damage to the renal tubules in the ... While her kidney function improved during hospitalization ...