AJKD Blog

A recent narrative review published in AJKD discusses the association between thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). AJKD Social Media Editor, Timothy Yau (AJKDBlog), interviewed [read more...]

Kidney disease carries a high burden for individual patients and for the medical system as a whole. End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is associated with high mortality and decreased quality of life for many reasons including [read more...]

Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic approach taken, what was learned, and why it [read more...]

When evaluating kidney biopsies, the identification of glomeruli with expanded, rounded mesangial areas with a nodular appearance usually indicates diabetic nephropathy. This is due to the high prevalence of diabetes [read more...]