A team led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has developed advanced synthetic kidney structures that combine previously separate organoid components. The new “assembloids,” ...

After spending more than a decade, scientists have made progress in turning a Type-A donor kidney into a universal Type-O transplant. The transplant, done on a clinically brain-dead patient, ...

Scientists have successfully grown a kidney in a lab and transplanted it into an animal where it started to produce urine. The breakthrough may pave the way to custom replacement organs. Bioengineered ...

The kidney is among the hardest-working organs and does not create too much fuss or chaos. However, even while silently doing their job of filtering waste and producing hormones, kidneys sometimes do ...