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Nephrology — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed nephrology literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    This Week in Nephrology — Jun 14, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 7 notable papers spanning advances in kidney transplantation and new perspectives on chronic kidney disease, from risk factors to new therapeutics and diagnostics. Let's dive in. We begin… This week's papers: 1. Genetic Screening of Patients With Inherited Fanconi Syndrome. — Kidney international reports 2026 2. Limitations of Serum Bicarbonate as a Criterion for Metabolic Acidosis in CKD: Implications for Clinical Trials. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 3. Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential and Kidney Failure in Chronic Kidney Disease: An East Asian Cohort Study. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 4. Humoral Response to COVID-19 Vaccines and Infection During Sibeprenlimab Treatment of IgA Nephropathy: Data from the ENVISION Trial. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 5. Improving diagnostic performance of kidney allograft rejection with a model combining relative fraction and absolute copies of donor-derived cell-free DNA - re… — American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2026 6. Cyclosporin a- versus tacrolimus-specific lesions in calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 7. Discovery of Endothelial Cell Antibodies Associated with Pediatric and Adult Kidney Allograft Rejection and Assessment of a non-HLA Antibody Assay. — American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2026 8. Evaluation of the Association between Age, Sex and d-Amino Acid-Based Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 9. Treatment potential of oral small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonists. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/ekwmdbhrhh

    10 min
  2. Jun 6

    This Week in Nephrology — Jun 6, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers, with a major focus on the expanding evidence for finerenone in chronic kidney disease, new data in glomerular disease, and important updates on risk management in advance… This week's papers: 1. Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Life Cycle of Guideline Development: Part 1: Introduction to a new series. — Kidney international 2026 2. Efficacy and safety of finerenone in patients with chronic kidney disease: an individual participant data pooled analysis (INFINITY). — Lancet (London, England) 2026 3. Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic Lithium-Associated Nephrotoxicity. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 4. Finerenone in Persons with Chronic Kidney Disease without Diabetes. — The New England journal of medicine 2026 5. Finerenone in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Due to Glomerular Diseases: A Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA 2026 6. Atrasentan in patients with IgA nephropathy (ALIGN): final 2.5-year results from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 7. Low-Dose Rivaroxaban and Cardiovascular Events in Advanced Kidney Disease: The TRACK Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA 2026 8. Measured and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rates and Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes. — JAMA 2026 9. Chronic kidney disease, complex conditions, and advancing therapeutics: new hope and challenges. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 10. Advances in the diagnosis and detection of chronic kidney disease. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/fbgn6n3fa2

    10 min
  3. May 28

    This Week in Nephrology — May 28, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning CKD risk and progression, new mechanisms in kidney injury, and strategies to optimize organ transplantation. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] Our first theme is a deep di… This week's papers: 1. Universal transcriptomic hallmarks of mammalian ageing and mortality. — Nature 2026 2. Role of Lipid Signaling by PTAFR in Tubular Epithelial Cells in AKI-to-CKD Transition. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 3. Efficacy and safety of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator inhibitor GLPG2737 for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: phase 2a MA… — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 4. The Kidney in the Middle: KDIGO Guidelines Address Multiple Key Components of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome. — Kidney international 2026 5. Canagliflozin Alleviates Experimental Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis through Suppression of Pathogenic T-Cell Responses. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 6. Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease EVENTs (PREVENT) Equation for Adverse Cardio-Kidney Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease Population. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 7. Anticholinergic Burden and Progression to Kidney Replacement Therapy. — Kidney international reports 2026 8. A Comprehensive Review of Strategies to Advance Kidney Exchange Programs and Optimize Effectiveness and Outcomes. — Kidney international reports 2026 9. Neonatal Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis, Recognition and Prevention. — Kidney international 2026 10. Contribution of Donor Hospital Characteristics to Deceased Donor Organ Recovery Rates. — American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/p79kg3fq24

    13 min
  4. May 21

    This Week in Nephrology — May 21, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning new therapeutic approaches in complex kidney diseases, innovations in diagnostics, and key considerations for transplantation in older adults. Let's dive in. [PA… This week's papers: 1. Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation Versus Continued Dialysis Among Patients Aged 75 Years or Older: A Target Trial Emulation. — American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2026 2. Gene-disease relationships for glomerular phenotypes: expert recommendations from ClinGen. — Nature reviews. Nephrology 2026 3. CRT-Estimands Framework: consensus based extension of the ICH E9(R1) addendum for cluster randomised trials. — BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2026 4. Urinary fluorogenic reporters for noninvasive detection and staging of kidney fibrosis. — Science translational medicine 2026 5. Nondialyzable versus Dialyzable Beta-Blockers in Hemodialysis: A Target Trial Emulation Study. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 6. Daratumumab Monotherapy versus Bortezomib-Based Regimens in frail patients with Biopsy-Proven Renal AL Amyloidosis. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 7. DUAL GIP/GLP-1Ra reduces residual proteinuria in non-diabetic fabry disease. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 8. Implementing the commitments of the World Health Assembly kidney health resolution: a key opportunity to improve health for millions. — Lancet (London, England) 2026 9. Loss of Cyclin G-Associated Kinase (Gak) Leads to Lysosome Dysfunction and Immune Modulation in Podocytes. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 10. Kidney biopsy during pregnancy: indications, complications, results and therapeutic impact. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/tufzhe352c

    14 min
  5. May 14

    This Week in Nephrology — May 14, 2026

    Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we're covering 8 notable papers spanning new insights into disease pathophysiology, advances in diagnostics, and modernizing our therapeutic approaches. Let's dive in. [PAUSE] First, we'll look at a few… This week's papers: 1. Weight Loss-Independent Mechanisms of Kidney Protection with Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Implications for Clinical Practice. — American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2026 2. Clinical Relevance of Donor-Derived cfDNA In Monitoring Kidney Transplant Rejection. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 3. Lineage and organ signals sequentially build organ intrinsic nervous systems. — Nature 2026 4. Risk of Serious Adverse Events and Death With Low-Dose Methotrexate Versus Hydroxychloroquine in Adults Receiving Dialysis. — Seminars in dialysis 2026 5. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: biological insights and biomarker-guided disease management. — Nature reviews. Nephrology 2026 6. Tubulointerstitial diseases: an updated framework for diverse and emerging entities. — Kidney international 2026 7. Purine Metabolism Regulates the Severity of APOL1 Nephropathy. — Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2026 8. Comparative Analysis of Lupus Nephritis Guidelines: ACR 2025, EULAR 2025, and Kdigo 2024. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2026 Listen at https://audioscholar.cc/episode/qkq6xwbk4m

    11 min

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Nephrology — a weekly podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed nephrology literature, synthesized from PubMed and delivered as ~10-minute audio. For practicing physicians. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc.