10 percent of the global population suffers from some form of kidney disease. That includes 37 million people in the US, 100,000 of whom pass away each year awaiting a kidney transplant. Our kidneys ...
Current assessment of kidney function in clinical practice relies on total glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Nephron number varies considerably between individuals, however, and nephron loss might not ...
Glomeruli are at the heart of renal function, and yet are only part of an intact nephron. They are of irreplaceable value in maintaining homeostasis. The intact nephron theory: Each nephron is a ...