Despite impacting an estimated 850 million people and being responsible for 1 in 60 deaths worldwide, few treatments are available for chronic kidney disease. Understanding the genetic variations ...

Nearly 200 Kidney Function Genes Identified as Part of Genetic “Treasure Map” for Chronic Kidney Disease. August 18, 2021. Credit: Mehau Kulyk/Science Photo Library/Getty Images.

Researchers funded by the NIH developed a comprehensive atlas of the human kidney to examine disease progression and recovery. The Kidney Tissue Atlas, created through the Kidney Precision ...

Chronic kidney disease affects nearly 10 percent of the world's population and incidence is rising. There is no cure and current treatments only slow disease progression.

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) ... The concept of a COST Action was discussed at the first international meeting on MRI and CKD in 2015 and the Action was eventually accepted to start in 2017.

Chronic kidney disease causes: When your kidneys don't work well for longer than 3 months, doctors call it chronic kidney disease. You may not have any symptoms in the early stages, but that's ...

The F.D.A. based its decision to expand the approved uses of Ozempic on research showing that people with Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease who took the drug had a 24 percent lower ...