On Jul. 19, 2023, the National Institute of Health announced that a nationwide research team had created the most comprehensive atlas of the human kidney. This is a major breakthrough toward understanding and treating kidney disease

Data from the Kidney Tissue Atlas will allow the comparison of healthy kidney cells to those injured by kidney disease, helping investigators understand the factors that contribute to the progression of kidney disease and kidney failure or recovery from injury. The atlas, part of the Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP), was supported by NIHﾒs National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), as published in Nature.