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Kidney CRISPR: How Close Are We?

August 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) gene editing is making huge waves in biomedical research. In fact, the lay press is devoting significant coverage to CRISPR as well. See this interesting piece on CRISPR from 60 [read more...]

Increasing Familiarity with Nephrology Among Internal Medicine Interns

August 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

Nephrology is currently undergoing a renaissance in education. These are exciting times to be involved in nephrology. We are beginning to see multiple stakeholders invest in education at both the local and national level. Clinicians, researchers, [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: Biomedical Research Region

March 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

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Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2017 | #NephMadness or #BioMedRegion The 2017 edition of NephMadness features 4 techniques that have or will alter the face of biomedical research. This is a who’s who of cutting-edge research, all with [read more...]

E-Consultation in Nephrology

December 13, 2016 // 1 Comment

The use of electronic (e-) consultation in nephrology has the potential to have a positive impact on patient care. This benefit can come in a variety of forms. First, the nephrologist will be able to make recommendations for a greater number of [read more...]

The State of Procedures in Nephrology Fellowships

July 19, 2016 // 8 Comments

Nephrology fellows have seen a decline in the number of procedures performed over the last several years. In fact, some have questioned whether or not it is even necessary to continue training nephrologists to perform certain procedures. Most [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Let the Madness Begin

March 10, 2016 // 1 Comment

What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an homage to the NCAA Basketball Tournament, March Madness, but while the basketball tournament seeds the top ranked basketball teams, we use some of the most important, newest, and controversial concepts in [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Palliative Care and Nephrology Region

March 10, 2016 // 1 Comment

Submit your picks! | For more on NephMadness 2016 | #NephMadness or #PallCareRegion on Twitter The simple view is that medicine exists to fight death and disease, and that is, of course, its most basic task. Death is the enemy. But the enemy has [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Pediatric Nephrology Region

March 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks! | For more on NephMadness 2016 | #NephMadness or #PedsRegion on Twitter The Pediatric Nephrology Region makes its inaugural entry into NephMadness ’16. Without a doubt this region represents an all-star cast of [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Why We Do This

March 10, 2016 // 1 Comment

Today is World Kidney Day. The day on the calendar when we are supposed to spend some time thinking about our kidneys. Well, the team at AJKD blog never stops thinking about kidneys. We’re weird that way, so we use World Kidney Day to do something [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Statistics in Nephrology Region

March 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks! | For more on NephMadness 2016 | #NephMadness or #StatsRegion on Twitter Well, I can say with a reasonable degree of confidence that the statistics bracket is shaping up to be a real nail biter. Up is down, black is white, [read more...]

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Sparks

Kidney CRISPR: How Close Are We?

Increasing Familiarity with Nephrology Among Internal Medicine Interns

#NephMadness 2017: Biomedical Research Region

E-Consultation in Nephrology

The State of Procedures in Nephrology Fellowships

NephMadness 2016: Let the Madness Begin

NephMadness 2016: Palliative Care and Nephrology Region

NephMadness 2016: Pediatric Nephrology Region

NephMadness 2016: Why We Do This

NephMadness 2016: Statistics in Nephrology Region