Nephrology

Renal disease, dialysis, transplantation and electrolyte disorders.

Renal Pharmacist Role Expands Immunosuppressant Prescribing at Epsom and St Helier

Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust is recruiting a lead renal pharmacist to build a pharmacist-led immunosuppressant prescribing service.

By Dr. A. Nikhil Krishnan, MBBS · Oct 24, 2026 · 6 min read

Nephrology·Nature

CKD heart failure risk linked to drug-induced gut microbiome disturbance

A prescription-based cumulative disturbance score linked higher predicted gut microbiome disruption to incident heart failure in 179,591 CKD…

Oct 24, 2026

Nephrology·Nat Rev Onc

CKD Platelet Microparticles Drive CD8 T Cell Senescence via miR-550a-5p

Platelet-derived microparticles from chronic kidney disease patients promote CD8 T cell senescence through miR-550a-5p and mitochondrial dysfunction.

Oct 24, 2026

Nephrology·bioRxiv

Statin-Associated AKI Linked to Macrophage-Derived 25-Hydroxycholesterol

A bioRxiv preprint links macrophage-derived 25-hydroxycholesterol to statin-associated acute kidney injury, pointing to a new inflammatory mechanism.

Oct 23, 2026

Nephrology·STAT

Kidney Transplant Caregivers Face Heavier Burden After Graft Loss

Qualitative interviews found kidney transplant caregivers faced intensified emotional, logistical, and advocacy burdens after graft loss, and often…

Oct 23, 2026

Nephrology·Med Econ

Finerenone Cost-Effectiveness in CKD and Type 2 Diabetes in England and Wales

FINE-CKD modeling found finerenone plus background therapy improved QALYs and remained cost-effective for CKD with type 2 diabetes…

Oct 23, 2026

Nephrology·ACC-PRO

Celltrion licenses Kaigene anti-APRIL antibody in autoimmune deal up to $580.5M

Celltrion expands beyond biosimilars with Kaigene’s KG013, a preclinical anti-APRIL antibody for IgA nephropathy and other autoimmune diseases.

Oct 23, 2026

Nephrology·Front Immunol

Large Language Models Vary in Safety for Diabetic Kidney Disease Advice

Six public LLMs delivered mixed-quality diabetic kidney disease answers, with safety differences, variable empathy, and readability above sixth-grade…

Oct 22, 2026

Nephrology·Fierce HC

HHS launches national kidney care plan to curb failure and reform transplants

HHS unveiled a kidney care national plan centered on prevention, dialysis choice and transplant reform as CKD affects…

Oct 22, 2026

Nephrology·ClinicalTrials

Wearable NH3 Sensor Targets Early Diabetic Kidney Disease Detection

Shanghai Pudong Hospital is testing a wearable breath ammonia sensor to screen and stage diabetic kidney disease using…

Oct 22, 2026

Nephrology

Renal disease, dialysis, transplantation and electrolyte disorders.

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