The third FDA approval of an RNAi-based therapeutic marks the growing success of a technique that took two decades to get off the ground.

Lab mice suffering from inexplicable renal failure turn out to be infected with a hitherto unknown virus.

To improve the resolution of biological samples at the cellular level, researchers inflate tissues with “swellable polymers” so that they’re easier to see under the microscope.    

Using human stem cells, investigators from the U.S. and Spain generate functional ureteric buds.

Researchers are trying to use discarded donor kidneys as a scaffold for building new ones.

Bioengineered kidneys transplanted into rats filter blood and produce urine, an achievement that points the way to replacement kidneys for humans.