This extensive research effort represented one of the largest genetic studies focused on kidney disease in African ...

A landmark genetic study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has identified a significant genetic factor ...

Alternative splicing is crucial for eukaryotic gene expression and influences protein function and regulation, with ...

Doctors say that Richard Slayman's body did not reject a pig kidney modified to become more compatible with human biology.

CHICAGO -- Gene therapy for Danon disease, a rare inherited cause of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, appeared to improve or ...

Nearly three decades later, drug makers have developed six approved small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics in the ...

Here are the top 5 unusual signs that may appear in the morning when your kidneys are not functioning properly.

A study led by a team of scientists in Ghana and Nigeria has revealed that nearly a third of Ghanaians-29.7% carry two copies of the Apolipoprotein LI (APOL1) gene variants increasing their risk of ...

People with both type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease face a heart health double-whammy, a new study says.

Using an innovative risk score assessment score, heart researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City say they can accurately predict whether patients being assessed for kidney transplant will ...