New ultrasound treatment breaks up kidney stones without stress
It's a major step up compared to traditional therapy that involves anesthesia and sometimes surgery.
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Scientists transplant pig kidney into a human – Again
Another important step towards the promised medical marvels of xenotransplantation.
Study links coronavirus with acute kidney injury in NYC
A third of the patients treated for COVID-19 observed in this study had developed acute kidney injury.
Coronavirus damages the lungs in severe cases, as well as the heart and kidneys
Preliminary data suggests COVID-19 ICU patients are suffering from multiple organ damage.
Kidney stones form like any rock, may hold day-by-day history of your body’s health
We're all Stonebenders in our kidneys!
To HEK with diabetes: new cell capsule could treat the condition with 0 insulin shots
It's like a pacemaker for your insulin.
Wearable artificial kidney may change how we perform dialysis forever
Dialysis on the go may soon become reality.
Lab-Grown Kidneys Transplanted to Animals
For the first time, Japanese researchers have successfully grown a pair of kidneys in a lab and then transplanted them ...
Kidney 3-d structures from human stem cells made for the first time
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have for the first time coaxed human stem cells into forming three-dimensional cellular ...
First bio-engineered kidney works after transplant in rats
A kidney in a bioreactor after seeding with cells. After transplantation it filtered blood and produced urine. Photograph: Ott Lab/Center ...