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Kidneys play a vital role in keeping the body balanced and healthy. They remove waste, control fluid levels, manage blood pressure, and help produce important hormones. But kidney problems often ...

Dec. 27 (UPI) --About 10 percent of all cases of chronic kidney disease come from genetic causes, a new study says. The research, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, ...

Giving patients and their providers genetic test results for kidney failure risk promotes positive behavioral change that could decrease an individual's likelihood of developing chronic kidney disease ...

A Dutch study shows how genetic testing can help couples avoid passing devastating kidney diseases to their children, but it raises issues of disparities. An analysis of preimplantation genetic ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report the successful and safe transplantation of a kidney from a donor who died of complications from COVID-19. The case, which involved careful collection and ...

After a recent annual check (of everything) by my GP, I received a terrifying letter typed in ­capitals filled with dire warnings that my kidneys were starting to fail and that I must take ...