Kidney function tests are simple blood and urine tests that can identify problems with your kidneys. These tests can estimate your glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which indicates how quickly your ...

Our kidneys operate as filters in our body, which eliminate blood waste, along with excess water and toxic substances from the body. A decrease in kidney function leads to waste accumulation ...

The kidneys perform blood filtration to extract waste products that result from protein breakdown, which they then transfer to urine. The body produces nitrogenous waste when it breaks down protein, ...

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in kidney research. In a paper published in the journal Communications Biology, a team of researchers at Kyoto University led by Ramin Sadeghian present ...