Arroyo lab pre-print! Dehydration promotes intracellular lipid synthesis and accumulation. Proud to share this super cool new story coming out of the lab. Amazing collaborations, only way to get this done. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #physiology #nephrology #metabolism

Arroyo lab pre-print! Dehydration promotes intracellular lipid synthesis and accumulation. Proud to share this super cool new story coming out of the lab. Amazing collaborations, only way to get this done. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #physiology #nephrology #metabolism

Dehydration promotes intracellular lipid synthesis and accumulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669190v1

Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.

Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?

You betcha.

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Huge congrats to my colleague Dr. JP Arroyo @vumc-insights.bsky.social on receiving the ASCI young physician scientist award! Such a well deserved honor! the-asci.org/controllers/...

1/n sharing a case: Young adult comes in 4 elective ENT procedure. Receives several doses of ketotolac for 3-4 days + empiric vancomycin. Then, labs are checked: Cr 4.0, up from 1.0. UA: neg blood/protein/cells. High suspicion 4 IV NSAID / IV Vanco hemodynamic/tubular insult. Non-oliguric, lytes OK