Renal hypoplasia, defined as abnormally small kidneys with normal morphology and reduced nephron number, is a common cause of pediatric renal failure and adult-onset disease. Genetic studies ...

The distal portions of the nephron, including the distal convoluted tubule (DCT), the connecting tubule (CNT), and the cortical collecting duct (CCD), are essential to fine-tune the excretion of ...

The aim of this editorial is to provide a background to this Frontiers Research Topic entitled “Insights in Clinical and Translational Physiology: 2022”. Experts in their respective fields of research ...

Integrating nutrition and digestive physiology is crucial for animal health and reproductive performance. The gastrointestinal (G.I.) tract plays a pivotal role in animal health in mammalian species.

More than half of neurooncologist Josh Rubin’s pediatric brain cancer patients over his 25-year career have been boys. Rubin’s colleagues, first at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and for ...