Nephrology

Renal disease, dialysis, transplantation and electrolyte disorders.

DICAM loss worsens cisplatin kidney injury in experimental study

Experimental data link DICAM deficiency to worse cisplatin kidney injury through oxidative stress, inflammation, apoptosis, and early fibrosis.

By Dr. A. Nikhil Krishnan, MBBS · Nov 4, 2026 · 5 min read

Nephrology·Nature

Treadmill Exercise Raises Urinary Albumin, Not Cell-Free DNA

Exhaustive treadmill running increased urinary albumin and creatinine, but not cell-free DNA, in trained men, arguing against renal…

Nov 4, 2026

Nephrology·Nature

Sepsis-AKI mortality model links GNRI below 75 to higher risk

An explainable machine learning model in 773 CRRT-treated sepsis-AKI patients found GNRI below 75 tracked higher 28-day mortality.

Nov 4, 2026

Nephrology·medRxiv

Kidney Care Inequities Start Before Diagnosis in Deprived Communities

A population study links deprivation to later kidney disease detection and higher mortality, while planned monitoring after diagnosis…

Nov 4, 2026

Nephrology·JNCI

Nephrogenomics Program Reclassifies Variants of Uncertain Significance

RAPIDS collaboration examines systematic reclassification of variants of uncertain significance in clinical nephrogenomics and the implications for diagnosis.

Nov 4, 2026

Nephrology·JCI

Incomplete source article for membranous nephropathy study

Source text includes only article metadata and title, without the study body needed for an accurate clinical rewrite.

Nov 3, 2026

Nephrology·FDA

FDA Alert: B. Braun Removes Streamline Bloodline Set for Dialog+

FDA posted an early alert on B. Braun’s removal of the Streamline Bloodline Set for Dialog+, signaling a…

Nov 3, 2026

Nephrology·HHS

HHS Launches Kidney Care National Plan to Expand Transplant Access

HHS unveiled a national kidney care plan focused on earlier detection, dialysis reform, transplant expansion, and new therapies…

Nov 2, 2026

Nephrology·Kidney Int

Peritoneal Dialysis Drives Hepatic Metabolic Stress and Systemic Inflammation

Mouse and CKD models show peritoneal dialysis glucose rapidly reaches the liver, driving metabolic stress, oxidative injury, and…

Nov 2, 2026

Nephrology·Kidney Int

Hepcidin levels linked to kidney and vascular risk in CKD

In CRIC, both low and high hepcidin levels tracked with adverse outcomes in chronic kidney disease, including kidney…

Nov 1, 2026

Nephrology

Renal disease, dialysis, transplantation and electrolyte disorders.

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