Coffee Consumption and Kidney Function
Data from epidemiological studies suggest coffee consumption may be associated with kidney (and other) outcomes, specifically a higher eGFR or less CKD. This is speculated to [...]
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Ethical Challenges of APOL1 Testing in Living Kidney Donors
The identification of APOL1-related kidney disease and recognition of its large contribution to excess risk of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in people of West African [...]
Applying Transcriptomics to Fistula Failure – A Novel Approach
An arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a unique vascular structure leading to distinctive endothelial insults which may contribute to non-maturation or failure of the access. Up [...]
#NephMadness 2019: Plasma Exchange Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2019 | #NephMadness | #PLEXRegion Selection Committee Member: Andre Kaplan Andre Kaplan is Professor of Medicine and Chief of Blood [...]
The Evolution of Kidney Transplantation in HIV-Positive Patients
Providing kidney transplantation to HIV-positive ESKD patients was until recently considered to be a high-risk endeavour but is now almost routine. It is topical too, with [...]
Use of Omics Technologies in Nephrology
Using omics techniques to provide comprehensive molecular analysis in an unbiased fashion is a hot topic in medicine. Approaches include genomics (DNA), transcriptomics [...]
#NephMadness 2018: Transplantation Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2018 | #NephMadness | #TransplantRegion Selection Committee Member for the Transplantation Region: Dorry Segev, MD Dr. Segev is the [...]
HLA Epitope Matching for Mere Mortals
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) epitope matching is something you’ve heard about but you can’t exactly remember the specifics. You might remember it as a contender in the [...]
How Did Northern Ireland Revolutionize Their Living Kidney Donor Transplantation Program?
A recent article published in AJKD by Graham and Courtney describes a quality improvement project in Belfast City Hospital to facilitate living kidney donation. Prior to [...]
Living Donor Transplantation in aHUS Cohort At Risk for Recurrence
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), often with pathogenic mutations in complement regulatory genes, has traditionally been associated with poor renal transplant [...]