The mechanisms that underlie tolerance to injury in immature animals and tissues have been a subject of interest since 1670. Observations in neonatal units that premature infants are less prone to ...

A study found that fine dust damages the tubules and glomeruli of fetal and newborn kidneys and tends to promote kidney ...

"I think that really undersells how amazing the structure is," says Hughes, who points out that kidneys grow in utero like ...

The kidney continuously filters the blood and excretes waste products into the urine. This is achieved by a complex system of tubules which transports the urine and regulates its composition.

Kidney (renal cell) cancer is a disease in which cancerous cells form in the lining of the tubules in the kidney. Many other health problems can also cause these signs. If you have any of these signs, ...

A new study found that retinoic acid receptors (RARa) in the proximal tubules of the kidney play a crucial role in limiting the damaging effects of kidney injury that often lead to kidney failure.

THE ever-increasing number of case reports of renal complications in sulfonamide drug therapy indicates that neither the mechanism of their production nor the means of preventing them is yet ...

There are about 1 million nephrons per kidney, and each nephron consists of a filtering unit of blood vessels called a glomerulus, which is attached to a tubule. Filtered blood enters the tubule ...

When microgravity shifts the body’s distribution of internal fluids, kidney tubules tend to shrink; this action hinders the organ’s ability to properly filter calcium and salts, increasing the ...

Tubulointerstitial nephritis is a form of kidney inflammation that affects the microscopic kidney tubules and the interstitial tissue in between them. The result is renal impairment ...