Insight

June 07, 2022

 Features 
Deceased Donor Kidney Discard, the Tight-knit Nephrology Community and Paying it Forward: Sumit Mohan on his Career Path to Award-Winning Research
The deputy editor of Kidney International Reports explains how the ISN helped shape his career and address his wish to help disadvantaged patients worldwide.
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Mentee Acquires Proficiency in Kidney Biopsy Slide Interpretation Through the ISN Mentorship Program
Find out how six months of guidance from an ISN Mentor enhanced Adeyemo Abiodun’s confidence in and ability to understand the findings in biopsy slides toward improved diagnosis of kidney disease.
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Improved Kidney Biopsy and CKD Treatment in Vietnam Through the ISN Sister Renal Centers Program
Discover how hospitals in Vietnam and Japan worked together to increase diagnostic capacity in kidney diseases, helping to develop skills and expand treatment options toward improved quality of kidney care throughout North Vietnam.
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 ISN News 
 
 Young Nephrologists 
The YNC Expands: New Members, Network, and Subcommittees
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 Events 
Two Weeks Left to Register at the Early Bird Rate for the ISN Frontiers Meeting on Infections and the Kidney in New Delhi
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 Advocacy 
The ISN Urges Engagement and Investment from Member States after Signing Constituency Statement on the Prevention and Control of NCDs at the World Health Assembly 75
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Review the ISN Constituency Statement Presented at WHA on Prioritizing Kidney Disease and Circulatory Conditions in National COVID-19 Response and Recovery Plans
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 Research 
ISN International Consortium CKDu Collaborators (ISN i3C) Network Meeting Affirms Need to Build Capacity for Kidney Biopsies in CKDu Within Ethical Framework
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Explore the ISN Global Trials Focus’ May Selection Featuring a New Treatment Option for Lupus Nephritis
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 ISN Participates 
Join the ISN for Symposium on Precision Medicine and Prevention of Chronic Disease at the World NCD Congress 2022
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 Education 
Take the ISNeducation Social Media Team’s Quiz on Green Nephrology Produced to Mark World Environment Day
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New! Monthly Twitter Space: Access a Recording of Last Month’s Edition on Hypertension and Join the June 10 Edition at 5 p.m. CEST
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UPCOMING WEBINARS
Tuesday, June 14  I  9 p.m. CEST
@ISNeducation Nuances in Nephrology Webinar:
The Renin Angiotensin System and Kidney Disease
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Thursday, June 16  I  4 p.m. CEST
ISN-KDIGO Webinar Series on Complement in GN:
What’s New in the Management and Treatment of GN - A Look at ANCA and LN
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RECORDED WEBINARS
ISN-TTS Webinar:
Antibody Mediated Rejection
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ISN North and East Asia Regional Board Webinar:
Genetic and Clinical Characteristic of IgA Nephropathy in Asia - Implications on Therapeutic Strategies
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Grand Rounds in Pediatric Nephrology - an ISN-IPNA Sister Centers Initiative:
Resistant Hypertension in Children on Dialysis
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 COVID-19 
Kidney International on COVID-19
Efficacy of Anti SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies Prophylaxis and Vaccination on Omicron COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients
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 KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL SELECTION 
Genetics in Chronic Kidney Disease: Conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference
Participants advised advanced training for nephrologists, developing guidelines for testing and treatment, and educating patients, students and practitioners to improve the use of genetics in nephrology. Key areas of future research were also identified.
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 KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS EDITORIAL SELECTION 
Determinants of Perinatal Outcomes in Dialyzed and Transplanted Women in Australia
Maternal dialysis and transplantation were associated with perinatal morbidity, particularly for women with preterm babies and including those with good preconception allograft function.
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