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Nephrology at Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, and biophilia everywhere
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Great news and a highly anticipated article. Not a word about the immunosuppression received??? Just a mention in supplemental material (standard steroid-free IS, islet transplantation protocol by the Clinical Islet Transplantation Consortium).
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Stem Cell–Derived, Fully Differentiated Islets for Type 1 Diabetes | NEJM
Zimislecel is an allogeneic stem cell–derived islet-cell therapy. Data on the safety and efficacy of zimislecel in persons with type 1 diabetes are needed. We conducted a phase 1–2 study of zimisle...
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September 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Very interesting article about the different preferences and perceptions of older patients regarding their health and increasing age.
Health Outcome Preferences and Trade-Offs Among Older Adults With Advanced CKD - American Journal of Kidney Diseases www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
Health Outcome Preferences and Trade-Offs Among Older Adults With Advanced CKD: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Decision making for the treatment of kidney failure in older adults, should incorporate patient preferences. This discrete choice experiment (DCE) aimed to identify the health outcome preferences of o...
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August 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Beatiful review of basic cellular and molecular mechanisms for sensing imbalances in blood osmolality, volume, and sodium content
The neurobiology of thirst and salt appetite: Neuron www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
The neurobiology of thirst and salt appetite
Thirst and salt appetite are critical for maintaining fluid balance. In this review, Grove and Knight discuss how fluid imbalances are sensed at a molecular level and how these signals converge on bra...
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August 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Transplantation is a story of serendipity, of lives intertwined in ways both seen and unseen.
The Serendipitous Dance between Life and Death | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Serendipitous Dance between Life and Death | NEJM
As her father awaits an organ for his third transplantation, a surgical resident retrieves a kidney from a fellow hockey fan, recognizing at a deep, personal level the value of his gift of life.
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August 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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A necessary wake-up call about an everyday reality in all kidney transplant programs
Unmet Educational and Psychosocial Support Needs After Graft Loss: A Call for Clarity and Compassion. journals.lww.com/transplantjo...
Unmet Educational and Psychosocial Support Needs After... : Transplantation
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August 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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An impressive leap forward in the field of transplantation. I'm eagerly awaiting a whole organ modification. @senefrologia.bsky.social @edoardomelilli.bsky.social
Survival of Transplanted Allogeneic Beta Cells with No Immunosuppression | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Survival of Transplanted Allogeneic Beta Cells with No Immunosuppression | NEJM
The need to suppress a patient’s immune system after the transplantation of allogeneic cells is associated with wide-ranging side effects. We report the outcomes of transplantation of genetically m...
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August 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Clear, direct, understandable, i love it
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Human Papillomavirus and Cancer | NEJM
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August 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Aquí os dejamos una pincelada del proyecto COMPARTE-TR
Súmate! @senefrologia.bsky.social @auxiliadoramaz2.bsky.social @pepasolerr.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Happy to share our collaborative work in Spain highlighting frailty prevalence among KT candidates
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Frontiers Publishing Partnerships | Frailty Prevalence and Characterization Among Kidney Transplant Candidates in Spain: A Multicenter Study
Frailty is a frequent condition among kidney transplant candidates (KTc) that confers poor outcomes after transplantation. We aimed to establish frailty prev...
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June 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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looking forward to seeing it, I'm afraid it won't be a fiction film but rather a story of everyday reality...
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The shocking hit film about overworked nurses that’s causing alarm across Europe
A Swiss film about a nurse pushed to her limits one night is being praised for the picture it paints of treacherously underfunded healthcare. The director talks about the ‘heart-pounding’ story that i...
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July 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Gaza: ‘Clean it out then bring in something good’ ► https://youtu.be/43oZ0yUDG8E “No one knows what will come to replace the international system that is cur...
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July 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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¿Quieres formar parte de una nueva edición del #CursoTXMir2025 #TrasplanteEnAcción?
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Curso dirigido a socios MIR4 que quieran formarse en Trasplante Renal 👏
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June 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Fantástica iniciativa de nuestra compañeras del equipo de Nefrología del Hospital San Juan de Dios @senefrologia.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Major Trials in the use of ASIs targeting difficult-to-control hypertension #NephJC
May 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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"... a fundamental change in the ethical framework of the law will be difficult to reverse, and the unintended harms to altruism and transplantation as a noncommercial process ... are likely to be irreversible" @senefrologia.bsky.social @edoardomelilli.bsky.social
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The End Kidney Deaths Act Risks Irreversible Harm to Organ Donation
This Viewpoint explores the possible negative effects of the End Kidney Deaths Act on organ donation and transplant and offers strategies on how to narrow the gap between organ demand and supply.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Really interesting "the common clinical practice of using the phenotype antigen beads as a screening assay, reflexing to SAB testing only when positive, may inadvertently fail to detect DQ-specific antibodies"
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Antigen quantity is responsible for the discrepancy between phenotype and single antigen beads for the detection of HLA-DQ antibody: potential clinical implications
De novo donor-specific HLA-DQ antibodies detected by single antigen beads (SAB) are significantly associated with chronic antibody-mediated rejection …
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April 14, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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April 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Uau!!! wise words "Kidney transplantation is a health and lifespan-extending procedure that relies on the expertise of transplant nephrologists" 💪👏👏 @senefrologia.bsky.social @edoardomelilli.bsky.social
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THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF A TRANSPLANT NEPHROLOGIST: THE CASE FOR IMPROVING COMPENSATION MODELS
This article examines the economic value of transplant nephrologists and the need for adequate compensation. Kidney transplantation is a health and li…
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March 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Excellent work and an essential guide 👍. With the changes in our population of kidney transplant recipients, the urgent need to improve the evaluation and treatment of frailty is becoming more evident every day. @senefrologia.bsky.social @mjoseperezsaez.bsky.social
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Unmet Questions About Frailty in Kidney Transplant... : Transplantation
tion with transplant outcomes. Being prefrail significantly impacts both graft and patient survival, often beginning with just 1 Fried criterion. Rather than viewing frailty as a categorical state, it...
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January 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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January 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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January 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Asymptomatic BP elevations in the hospital are commonly treated with as-needed BP medications, and this could be associated with increased AKI risk. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
One-Time and As-Needed Blood Pressure Medication and Adverse Outcomes in VA Hospitals
This cohort study evaluates the risk for acute kidney injury and other adverse effects from as-needed and 1-time blood pressure medications in hospitalized veterans.
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January 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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January 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A paradigm shift? This interesting article shows a complex relationship between GFR, NT-proBNP and CV risk in patients with HF-pEF and CKD, and call into question proposals for higher NT-proBNP references ranges in people with CKD. @senefrologia.bsky.social www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Natriuretic Peptides, Kidney Function, and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction:
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January 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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📖 This weekend don't miss our @kidneyint.bsky.social #ISNFridaySelection: Targeted gene therapy for rare genetic kidney diseases www.kidney-internati...
January 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM