A new clinical network has been launched to increase time to check the health of donated kidneys and increase in the number ...

Researching if changes to a gene called APOL1, which are more common in people from African descent, could affect kidney ...

Health is a human right. And yet, in the UK – one of the richest nations in the world and with healthcare free at the point of delivery – access to good kidney health is not equally available to all.

Glomerulonephritis is a medical term for a group of diseases involving damage to the glomeruli (the tiny filters in the kidney). The damage is usually caused by the body’s immune system.

Professor Nick Selby is researching using a new system to better monitor blood pressure in people having haemodialysis ...

Every year in the UK, many kidney transplants stop working because the person’s immune system attacks the new transplanted organ. This process is called transplant rejection. When transplant rejection ...

New types of cancer treatments called radiopharmaceuticals are showing enormous promise. They work by delivering radiation directly to cancer cells, so can target tumours much more precisely than many ...

New NHS figures out today reveal that the UK organ transplant waiting list has hit a new high, and that the number of people waiting for a kidney transplant continues to go up. But, at the same time, ...

Many patients living with kidney failure often rely on haemodialysis. This is a way of replacing some of the functions of the kidney by using a machine to filter and clean the blood. Treatment often ...

Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is a condition in which many fluid-filled sacs, called cysts, grow in the liver. Some people have PLD on its own. More commonly, it occurs alongside autosomal dominant ...

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To better understand the experiences of patients with calciphylaxis, 16 interviews with people who have had, or are a relative of someone who has had, calciphylaxis were held. Interviewees spoke about ...