Translational research in kidney disease

I was honored to be invited as editor of a kidney disease special edition in the journal Translational Andrology and Urology. I find it difficult to separate kidney disease from urology. It seems to me that urology, as a branch of medicine that specializes in diseases of the male and female urinary tract system and the male reproductive system, and nephrology, specializing in the study of kidney disease and preservation of kidney health, should have closer links. I hope this special edition strengthens links with urology (in this special edition, with kidney cancer) and reminds readers of the importance of basic translational research in nephrology, urology, and outcomes of surgical intervention. I would like to thank all the authors for their ready agreement to contribute and make the present issue a success. Especially, I thank the editorial staff of Translational Andrology and Urology for their help for this special issue.