(CNN) — Doctors at New York University say two new studies show that they are a significant step closer to making kidney transplants from other species a real option in the near future. Scientists ...

Atul Agnihotori runs a nonprofit called Kidneys for Communities that’s helped hundreds of people.

Your kidneys do this automatically by passing your blood through millions of filtering units called nephrons, which have two ...

Dennis Moledina encountered a common problem during his training in nephrology, the specialty dedicated to kidney health.

Chronic kidney disease can quietly reshape a life long before the first lab test comes back abnormal. More than 700 million people worldwide live with damaged kidneys, and for many, the risk begins in ...

Kidneys are the silent filters of our body; relentless at their work, cleaning the blood and regulating fluid and chemical balance. They remove waste products like urea and excess water, maintain the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new stem cell study reveals how APOL1 kidney risk variants quietly drain energy from podocytes, leaving them vulnerable when ...