In 2014, Amber Pettis felt nauseous and tired. She went to see her doctor because she thought she had a stomach bug. Instead, she learned she had kidney failure, a life-altering disease requiring long ...

A new portable dialysis machine could give patients with severe kidney disease unprecedented freedom to travel and live ...

ProKidney Corp., a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in North Carolina, is developing a first-in-class cell therapy ...

A new portable dialysis machine could give patients with severe kidney disease unprecedented freedom to travel and live ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Kidney disease is growing at an alarming rate, with many patients being told they will need dialysis to survive. A new UCSF study is showing that for some, dialysis doesn't need to be ...

Weaning patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) from dialysis while they are still hospitalized may save them from remaining on the treatment for the rest of their lives, according to a new study led ...

One year ago, Tim Andrews was among the world’s first recipients of a genetically modified pig kidney. Now, he is the first in that small group of pioneers to go on to receive a human kidney.

TAUNTON — During Taunton resident Roshanda Turner’s second pregnancy in 2012, her obstetrician informed her that her kidneys were having problems. Turner said they didn’t provide more details, except ...

Doctors say Lisa Pisano, who received a pig kidney transplant, is back on dialysis after surgeons removed the gradually failing organ. Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a ...