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Scientists are working on a new approach to treating kidney failure that could one day free people from needing dialysis or having to take harsh drugs to suppress their immune system after a ...

Researchers uncovered how fatty molecules called ceramides trigger acute kidney injury by damaging the mitochondria that power kidney cells. By altering ceramide metabolism or using a new drug ...

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have developed a new electronic medical records-based tool that should ...

For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait years for a match that never comes. Incompatibility of blood type is one of ...

For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help ...

In a medical first, doctors transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney into a human patient after giving her a new heart pump. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Surgeons successfully completed the fifth gene-edited pig organ transplant for an Alabama woman who needed a new kidney. Towana Looney, 53, underwent the procedure after eight years of dialysis. “It’s ...