Scientists at UC San Francisco 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 ...

For more than 3 million people around the world, kidney failure is a life-altering diagnosis, if not a life-threatening one. While about 17 percent of people in the U.S. with end-stage kidney disease ...

An implantable bioartificial kidney being developed by The Kidney Project – a nationwide collaboration led by Bangladeshi American Professor Shuvo Roy of U.C. San Francisco and Dr. William Fissell of ...

The use of iodinated contrast material may be less damaging to the kidneys than previously recorded, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center in New ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinical trials for the implantable artificial kidney haven’t started yet, but developers are already seeking ...

Projects focusing on family planning with the region’s African refugee community and kidney transplant access for Black Western New Yorkers have been awarded funding from the University at Buffalo ...

The positions in the table below reflect the Kidney Precision Medicine Project Community Engagement Committee (KPMP)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas ...

For millions of people in the United States, being attached to a kidney dialysis machine for hours on end, multiple times per week is reality. Researchers working to restore some normalcy for kidney ...