[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A team from the Liverpool International Transplant Initiative and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital carried out the first two kidney transplants at the An-Najah University Hospital in Nablus, on the West Bank on March 26, 2016. The collaboration was made possible thanks to the ISN and The Transplant Society (TTS) Sister Transplant Center Program. The...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kidney International (KI) Reports is now accepting submissions, especially relating to clinical trials, epidemiology, systematic reviews and outcome research. This peer-reviewed journal publishes original clinical and select translational articles as well as educational content related to the pathogenesis, evaluation and management of acute and chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, transplantation, acid-base, fluid and electrolyte...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Following this year’s World Kidney Day, The Mario Negri Institute is happy to announce that there will be another edition of the Scientific Writing Academy, taking place from September 12 to 18, 2016 in Ranica, Bergamo, Italy. Fighting kidney diseases involves research and publication, as much as working directly with patients. “Our academy hopes to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kidney International Reports, an official journal of the International Society of Nephrology, is a peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to the publication of leading research and developments related to kidney disease. With the primary aim of contributing to improved care of patients with kidney disease, the journal will publish original clinical and select translational articles...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The final board statement of the Consortium for the Epidemic of Nephropathy in Central America and Mexico / Consorcio de la Epidemia de la Nefropatía en Centroamérica y México (CENCAM) group in relation to chronic kidney disease (CKD) of unknown origin or mesoamerican nephropathy has been released for communication. ISN recently co-sponsored this event. This...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ISN Educational Ambassador Hui-Kim Yap recently made a trip to Myanmar. Based at the National University of Singapore, she taught local doctors at two of the country’s major children's hospitals the latest skills relating to dialysis and shared her knowledge of clinical nephrology and acute kidney injury. Myanmar is divided when it comes to public...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Access to diagnosis and dialysis for acute kidney injury can be life-saving, but can be prohibitively expensive in low-income settings. The burden of acute kidney injury in sub-Saharan Africa is presumably high but remains unknown. The authors of this study did a systematic review to assess outcomes of acute kidney injury in sub-Saharan Africa...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Having discussed the influence of lifestyle modification on prevention of chronic kidney disease in previous columns extensively, I will now turn my attention to its effect on prevention of kidney stones. Almost five percent of adults in the US suffer from kidney stones, with more than half having multiple recurrences. Patients end up in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Drug development has dramatically improved the outcome of diseases in most medical disciplines. However, this does not seem to be the case in nephrology. This will be discussed in two weeks' time when the ISN Nexus symposium will take place in Berlin, Germany from April 14 to 17, 2016. Despite enormous research efforts carried out...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This World Kidney Day, The Lancet and ISN are launching an online campaign to raise awareness of acute and chronic kidney diseases and bring together the best available evidence to inform strategies to the reduce national, regional and global burden of the disease and its risk factors. The Lancet Kidney Campaign builds on ISN’s 2015...
