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Brian Rifkin
Chimerism and Immune Tolerance: Can We Says ...

This week, we will discuss the use of creating chimeras to induce immune tolerance and its potential to decrease or eliminate the need for immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients.

Chimerism and Immune Tolerance: Can We Says Goodbye to Immunosuppression?
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joel topf
NephJC 2025 Fall Pledge Drive

Help keep NephJC a vital, original, and unbiased source of medical education.

NephJC 2025 Fall Pledge Drive
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Brian Rifkin
PREVENT, Detect, Treat: What’s New in the 2025 ...

This week, we will discuss the AHA/ACC 2025 hypertension guideline update. Wow, have eight years flown by?

PREVENT, Detect, Treat: What’s New in the 2025 Hypertension Toolkit
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swapnil hiremath
In ESRD is spironolactone an overACHIEVEr?

This week, we will discuss the ACHIEVE trial. Will spironolactone achieve CV benefits in ESRD?

In ESRD is spironolactone an overACHIEVEr?
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joel topf
#NephJC Summer Bookclub: Everything is ...

The summer book club started in 2015, with one of the best books we have done in book club, Atul Gawande's Being Mortal. I think it should be required reading for all physicians. So now, in 2025, it is the NephJC Summer Book’s tenth anniversary (which represents our eleventh book). The history has been rich:

#NephJC Summer Bookclub: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

vascular access

Does Regional Anesthesia Improve Fistula failure rates? The #NephJC wrapup

We had some great discussion about the trial - and its applicability. Featured input from vascular surgery, anesthesia - and first author Emma Aitken!

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Fistula Failure: Can Anesthesia Solve our Vexing Vascular Access Problems?

Fistula Failure: Can Anesthesia Solve our Vexing Vascular Access Problems?

Historically nephrology is a specialty that has been criticized for it’s inability to produce high quality randomized controlled clinical trials designed to answer a specific question. So, when the Lancet publishes the results of a clinical trial in the field it is worth taking note.