Nephrology

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KIDNEYcon 2024 Focuses on the Present and Future of Nephrology

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By Nathan Tidwell

More than 100 faculty, internal medicine residents, nephrologists and nephrology fellows came together April 6-8 for the ninth annual KIDNEYcon.

Sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Nephrology, the event consisted of lectures, a reception, scientific and clinical sessions, and workshops. The event was held on the UAMS campus and at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Little Rock.

“We have a lot of junior nephrologists, medical students, fellows, residents and faculty who attend, along with more senior nephrologists,” said John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., professor and director of the Division of Nephrology. “They get to do things here they can’t do anywhere else.”

KIDNEYcon 2024 Focuses on the Present and Future of Nephrology

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UAMS Research Team Finds Potential Cause of COVID-19 ‘Long-haulers’

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By David Robinson

Sept. 9, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — A UAMS research team has identified a potential cause of long-lasting symptoms experienced by COVID-19 patients, often referred to as long-haulers. The findings were published in the journal, The Public Library of Science ONE (PLOS ONE).

At the heart of the team’s findings is an antibody that shows up weeks after an initial infection and attacks and disrupts a key regulator of the immune system, said lead researcher John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chief of the Division of Nephrology in the UAMS College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine.

As many as 30% of COVID-19 patients experience lingering fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath. The cause of long COVID-19 has eluded scientists, but the UAMS team’s discovery sheds important new light on the molecular-level mechanisms behind it.

https://news.uams.edu/2021/09/09/uams-research-team-finds-potential-cause-of-covid-19-long-haulers/