Of 30 patients with severe #SickleCellDisease who were treated with gene-edited autologous hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, 29 were free from vaso-occlusive crises for at least 12 consecutive months. Read the full CLIMB SCD-121 study results: nej.md/3UvzPDT

It's been a busy week for American Society of Nephrology! Capped it off with a great ASN Council meeting in DC.

So proud of our lab’s emerging scientist Erik Loyde (back left behind the always distinguished Robert Hoover) presenting on translational biology of sepsis, the most common inpatient cause of mortality worldwide.

🙏🏽 NIDDK American Society of Nephrology NMRI travel award and NIH NHLBI funding

Nobel laureate Dr. William Kaelin delivers the Seldin Symposium keynote address to a packed house! ⁦UT Southwestern Medical Center⁩ ⁦Thomas Wang, MD⁩ ⁦UTSW Internal Medicine Chiefs⁩ #SeldinSymposium2024

AMAZING

Countdown is on ☀️🌑 ⁦UT Southwestern Medical Center⁩ in Dallas

Beautiful spring day in Washington DC; also our Hill Day - advocating for research funding support & key legislative priorities for families affected by #ADPKD #ARPKD #kidneydisease #raredisease PKD Foundation UTSW Nephrology

Grateful to Sen Cornyn (TX) office for meeting us

Great RGR today with Dr. Miguel Vazquez, MD speaking about his most recent NEJM publication: Pragmatic Trial of Hospitalization Rate in Chronic Kidney Disease.

Check it out: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

We are happy to share that today, Rick Slayman, our first patient to ever receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, has been discharged from the hospital. He is recovering well and will continue to recuperate at home with his family.

I had a great visit ⁦@UTSWNews⁩ and want to thank ⁦Samir M. Parikh⁩ and ⁦UTSW Nephrology⁩ for the hospitality.
Physician-science is very much alive and in the spirit of Dr. Donald Seldin.
⁦The University of Texas System⁩ UTMBPresident⁩ ⁦American Society of Nephrology⁩ ⁦UTMB Health⁩

Delighted to be hosting president and CEO of⁩ sister institution ⁦UTMB Health⁩ ⁦Jochen Reiser MD PhD⁩ for ⁦UTSW Internal Medicine⁩ grand rounds this morning. 🙏🏽🧫🔬

Happy #WorldKidneyDay from #ParikhLab and ⁦UTSW Nephrology⁩ 🗺️🫘☀️

⁦So grateful to ⁦Deidra Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, MACP⁩ for kicking off #NationalKidneyMonth at ⁦⁦UTSW Nephrology⁩ Renal Grand Rounds describing the enormous impact of structural racism on kidney disease.

Critically important message for patients, providers, and policymakers!!!

We are honored to have the President of American Society of Nephrology , Deidra Crews, MD (@drdeidracrews), presenting RGR with the perfect topic during National Kidney Month!
Tomorrow at noon, you don't want to miss it.
You are in for a real treat!

Inspiring journey from discovery to ⁦U.S. FDA⁩ approved diagnostic measuring angiogenic imbalance to predict preeclampsia presented by ⁦Ananth Karumanchi⁩ for ⁦UTSW Internal Medicine⁩ grand rounds this week

congratulations to the entire cohort, including UTSW Nephrology associate fellowship director Stephanie Torres M.D.!

🎉🎇🫘Well done to all!

What a privilege to work with...and learn from...Steve and Timothy Hla 🙏🙏🙏

Privilege to kick off #BlackHistoryMonth UTSW Nephrology grand rounds with none other than Don Wesson from Dell Medical School presenting on persistent nutritional disparities driving accelerated CKD in urban communities. 🙏🏽

Congratulations Stephanie Torres M.D. on behalf of your UTSW Nephrology and UTSW Internal Medicine family 🍾🎉 💝👰‍♂️💒🤵💍