Many people think kidney disease just “happens” by genetics or bad luck. In fact, about two-thirds of kidney failure in the U ...

The kidney, a critical organ for waste filtration and fluid regulation, is the subject of a groundbreaking molecular mapping project that could reshape our understanding of renal health. Despite ...

Photography: Steve Wood For the first time in a human, genetically modified pig kidneys provided “life-sustaining kidney function” during the course of a planned seven-day study — all while using ...

Two recent studies highlight how single-cell and proteomic tools help identify disease patterns in kidney cells, potentially ...

A pig kidney has continued to function inside of a human body for roughly two months, the longest documented instance of such a procedure, known as a xenotransplant. Researchers at NYU Langone ...

The kidneys perform blood filtration to extract waste products that result from protein breakdown, which they then transfer ...

Scientists continue to make progress with research on how well pig organs might perform in humans, and now they’re ready for the next step: larger-scale clinical trials.

University of Florence–led investigators report that estrogen-regulated renal progenitor cells shape pregnancy adaptation in ...

The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients.