Kidney research, 2026-09-17
AI-enhanced kidney ultrasound shows strong accuracy for detecting scarring and staging disease, but human outcome benefits remain unproven
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A personal YouTube story describes recovery after kidney failure, but it is not medical evidence and may not apply to others.
Today’s strongest evidence comes from a systematic review showing AI improves the accuracy of kidney ultrasound for detecting scarring and staging disease, though real-world benefits are still unknown. A personal recovery story circulates online but lacks scientific backing. The National Kidney Foundation is collecting input on phosphorus management and transplant access, but no findings have been released yet.
Bardet–Biedl Syndrome Presenting with End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Case Report
This report describes one patient with Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a rare inherited condition, whose kidneys had already failed when the illness was found. A report on one person cannot...
RESISTENCIA A LA INSULINA EN LA DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO 2 Y SU PAPEL EN LA PROGRESIÓN DE LA ENFERMEDAD RENAL CRÓNICA Y LAS COMPLICACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES: UNA REVISIÓN NARRATIVA CRÍTICA CON BÚSQUEDA ESTRUCTURADA
This Spanish-language review article looks at how insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes may speed up kidney decline and heart problems. Insulin resistance means the body responds...
Intercalated cells contribute to the immune responses in renal autoimmune disease
This paper looks at whether intercalated cells, a type of cell in the kidney's small tubes that helps balance acid, also play a part in the immune attack in autoimmune kidney...
Association Between Serum Biochemical Parameters and Kidney Stone Disease: An Exploratory Analysis of the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Researchers used data from a large US health survey (NHANES, 2017 to 2018) to see which blood test results line up with kidney stones. It is an exploratory study, meaning it looked...
Clinical application of sugammadex in renal impairment: pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
This article looks at sugammadex, a drug used after surgery to reverse muscle-relaxing medicines, in people whose kidneys do not work well. It covers how the body clears the drug...
Albumin-Corrected Serum Calcium as a Biochemical Correlate of Left Ventricular Dysfunction Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease on Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study
This study looked at people with kidney failure on regular hemodialysis (blood-cleaning treatment by machine). It checked whether their blood calcium level, adjusted for a blood...
Diosmetin Restores Endoplasmic Reticulum Homeostasis to Ameliorate Podocyte Injury in Diabetic Kidney Disease by Targeting DNAJC3.
Diosmetin is a natural plant compound found in citrus fruits. Researchers damaged podocytes, the kidney's filter cells, with high sugar and fat in the lab to mimic diabetic kidney...
Comparative Cardiorenal Efficacy and Safety of Finerenone, SGLT2 Inhibitors, Semaglutide and Their Combination in Diabetic Kidney Disease.
This review pooled 10 sets of randomized trial data from adults with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease. It compared four options for protecting the kidneys and heart: finerenone,...
Characterization of the neoprotein MUC1-fs in patient-derived cells with ADTKD-MUC1
ADTKD-MUC1 is an inherited kidney disease that often leads to kidney failure in middle age. A faulty gene makes an abnormal protein called MUC1-fs, and it builds up in kidney tube...
Visceral Adiposity and Renal Health: From Pathophysiological Mechanisms to Novel Therapeutic Strategies
This review article looks at how visceral fat, the deep belly fat around the organs, may harm the kidneys, and at new treatments aimed at it. It summarizes earlier research and has...
Development and preliminary psychometric evaluation of the hemodialysis patient care dependency scale (HD-CDS).
Researchers built a new questionnaire to measure how much help people on hemodialysis (blood-cleaning treatment by machine) need with daily care. Until now, the questionnaires used...
Dietary macronutrient intake and kidney outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study.
Researchers asked 472 people with type 2 diabetes in Tehran, Iran what they eat, using a detailed food questionnaire. They then compared how much protein, fat and carbohydrate...
Diagnostic accuracy of AI-augmented renal ultrasound for degenerative kidney disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
This review looked at 18 studies and found AI added to kidney ultrasound correctly identified degenerative kidney disease in most cases — about 85% accurate for detecting scarring...
Beyond the gift: unveiling the impact of donor-recipient relationship on donors’ quality of life and mental health – results of a european bi-center study
This study, run at 2 centers in Europe, looked at people who gave a kidney to someone while alive. It asked whether their relationship to the person who got the kidney, such as...
Influence of Donor Age on Graft and Patient Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
This study pooled earlier research to ask whether an older kidney donor means a worse result for the person who gets the kidney. The authors followed standard review rules (PRISMA...
Knowledge Gaps and Educational Needs in Organ Donation: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease and Their Families.
Researchers gave questionnaires to people with kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and to their family members. The study ran at 2 large hospitals from...
C-Reactive Protein as a Biomarker of Inflammation and Graft Injury After Kidney and Heart Allo- and Xenotransplantation Into Non-Human Primates.
Researchers tested whether C-reactive protein (CRP), a common blood marker of inflammation, can signal when a transplanted organ is being rejected. They studied 42 baboons and...
Chronic kidney disease prevalence in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
This paper looks at how common chronic kidney disease is in the Gulf countries: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. Studies of how common a disease is can show...