Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 700 million people worldwide and is caused by genetic and environmental factors, as well as existing medical conditions. Known genetic risk factors for CKD include mutations ...
Oct 2, 2025
0
12
Diabetes affects how the body uses glucose, also known as blood sugar. It can mean that there is too much sugar in the blood. This can harm people in several ways. One serious complication is chronic kidney disease. Ivan ...
Nov 24, 2025
0
12
"Unspecified," "altruistic" or "non-directed" kidney donation refers to a kidney transplant where the donor and recipient do not know each other. These donations are crucial to increasing the number of high-quality kidneys ...
Sep 1, 2025
0
12
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a drug-and-supplement combination therapy that is capable of reducing the harmful effects of senescent cells—also known as "zombie cells"—in diabetic kidney disease. In eBioMedicine, ...
Mar 5, 2026
0
12
When the kidneys are damaged—after surgery, cardiac arrest, or as a side effect of certain medications—doctors often face one crucial question: Will the kidneys recover, or is the damage permanent?
Nov 6, 2025
0
12
For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), severity of CKD is associated with an increased incidence of cognitive impairment, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in JAMA Network Open.
Feb 20, 2026
0
12
A new study offers hope that kidney transplant patients could one day have a monthly treatment instead of multiple pills every day. The new treatment may also reduce side effects and increase the lifespan of the donor organ. ...
Feb 3, 2026
0
12
When Sherry Mansour, MD, assistant professor of medicine (nephrology), first began her training at Yale, she was struck by the high rates of heart failure among her patients with kidney disease.
Sep 15, 2025
0
12
Targeting and disabling a certain protein essential to transporting glucose properly through cells (Glucose Transporter 1, or Glut1) could be a new way to fight kidney disease, according to a study led by Partha Biswas, DVM, ...
Dec 9, 2025
0
11
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is on the rise in the United States, with roughly 36 million adults estimated to have the condition. As more people develop the disease, researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine ...
Dec 3, 2025
0
11
