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

For this year’s much anticipated Driving Discoveries conference we welcomed 261 researchers, healthcare professionals, patients and Kidney Research UK staff to Manchester for two inspiring days to ...

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

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.

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.

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

Stacey Whinton, 36 from Willenhall, was a 100% match to donate a kidney to her twin, Donna, after chronic kidney disease, which went undiagnosed for most of her life, caused her kidneys to fail in ...

Glomerular disease is a condition that damages the tiny filtering units inside the kidneys, known as the glomeruli. These filters normally remove waste from the blood while keeping important proteins ...

Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) affects around 1 in 20,000 babies, and unfortunately, it can progress very quickly. Many children develop kidney failure early in life, and there ...

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, ...

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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