A new blood test can identify which individuals of African ancestry carrying high-risk APOL1 gene variants are most likely to ...

University of Pennsylvania researchers are developing a blood test to better predict the risk of kidney disease in Black Americans, a group that is disproportionately affected in part due to genetics.

Acute Kidney Injury has multiple causes and no single test, making early detection difficult; dehydration, infections, and ...

When you have a routine blood test, your doctor often checks many different numbers to understand how your body is working.

Many of them seem unrelated.

Beyond traditional monitoring of kidney transplant recipients, donor derived-cell free DNA may permit early identification of graft damage.

Early kidney disease often has no symptoms, so many people do not know they have it. As damage worsens, waste products and fluids can build up in your body. Common signs include persistent foamy urine ...

Chronic kidney disease progresses silently with symptoms appearing only in advanced stages Early detection requires simple, ...

A common gut bacterium may be implicated in lupus kidney disease, and could potentially alter the diagnosis and treatment of ...