Several large, stone-like crystal structures formed in chambers growing E. coli. Chemical and X-ray analyses revealed these ...

Kidney stones are more than just a painful setback—they can be avoided. Studies show that with a few simple lifestyle and dietary changes, you can significantly lower your risk of developing these ...

When the UCLA team gave Cilengitide to mice with low type 5 collagen, it slowed down the scarring and kidney damage.

New UCLA research conducted using mouse models and human genetic data has uncovered a critical factor that determines how ...

A member of the goalkeeper ranks at La Liga giants Barcelona was recently confirmed to have been suffering with kidney stones ...

The incidence of stones in the kidneys, the urinary bladder and the gall bladder shows remarkable variations with respect to geography and history Many pathological minerals can form within the body.

Kidney stone cases are rising among children ... years and published by the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. Processed and fast foods are among the main sources of ...

The treatment of kidney stones could soon be getting much faster, easier, and safer. Scientists have devised a method of non-invasively tearing the objects apart, using swirling sound waves called ...

According to the tests, its application halves the time needed to break up a stone. In addition, the size and portability of this device would make the treatment of kidney stones an outpatient ...

linking them to kidney disease in humans through a common gene. Analysis of the evolutionary roots of the human ability to hear led the team to closely examine the mechanosensory hair cells found ...