In videos created by the Hughes Lab to visualize the process, adjacent nephrons form one after the other, as if they were following a beat. “It’s still a hypothesis,” adds Hughes, “but we think that ...

One year ago, Tim Andrews was among the world’s first recipients of a genetically modified pig kidney. Now, he is the first in that small group of pioneers to go on to receive a human kidney.

Long-term tolvaptan treatment in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) yielded a 14% reduction in kidney function decline but had no influence on kidney growth. "We ...

British researchers successfully developed kidney tissue inside of mice using human stem cells, according to a study published in the journal Stem Cell Reports. To produce the kidney tissue, ...

The combination of ADPKD genotype and baseline kidney size can predict rapid kidney function decline in routine clinical practice. Combining genotype and kidney length can identify nearly 9 out of 10 ...