@mo-altalib.bsky.social
UK Kidney doctor , interest in transplant infectious disease/immunology, PhD student, lover of food, long-suffering saintsfc fan
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Meet Diane Lee, a PHD student at the University of York, working with Dr Simon Baker, searching for new ways to control BK virus after kidney transplant.
Read more on how their work will benefit kidney patients: https://bit.ly/4pjXEvr
Read more on how their work will benefit kidney patients: https://bit.ly/4pjXEvr
January 23, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Meet Diane Lee, a PHD student at the University of York, working with Dr Simon Baker, searching for new ways to control BK virus after kidney transplant.
Read more on how their work will benefit kidney patients: https://bit.ly/4pjXEvr
Read more on how their work will benefit kidney patients: https://bit.ly/4pjXEvr
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I chatted with @philiprlang.bsky.social on his podcast about how a virus might be involved in bladder cancer. Since "Phil Lang is Not a Scientist", we made this really accessible. If you're interested in how small sneaky DNA viruses might contribute to the origins of cancers, give it a listen.
Episode 13 - Simon Baker by Phil Lang is Not a Scientist
In this podcast I speak to Simon about his important research into the causes of bladder cancer, as well as his life and career.Story from Kidney Research UK about Simon's important breakthrough: http...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I chatted with @philiprlang.bsky.social on his podcast about how a virus might be involved in bladder cancer. Since "Phil Lang is Not a Scientist", we made this really accessible. If you're interested in how small sneaky DNA viruses might contribute to the origins of cancers, give it a listen.
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Delighted to see my Commentary published in the latest issue of #Circulation Journal
Why We Must Rethink Kidney Transplantation as a Cardiovascular Risk–Reducing Intervention in Kidney Failure
Disagree? Happy to be challenged 💪🏼
#StopCardiacTests
Link to issue:
www.ahajournals.org/toc/circ/cur...
Why We Must Rethink Kidney Transplantation as a Cardiovascular Risk–Reducing Intervention in Kidney Failure
Disagree? Happy to be challenged 💪🏼
#StopCardiacTests
Link to issue:
www.ahajournals.org/toc/circ/cur...
Vol 152, No 23 | Circulation
www.ahajournals.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Delighted to see my Commentary published in the latest issue of #Circulation Journal
Why We Must Rethink Kidney Transplantation as a Cardiovascular Risk–Reducing Intervention in Kidney Failure
Disagree? Happy to be challenged 💪🏼
#StopCardiacTests
Link to issue:
www.ahajournals.org/toc/circ/cur...
Why We Must Rethink Kidney Transplantation as a Cardiovascular Risk–Reducing Intervention in Kidney Failure
Disagree? Happy to be challenged 💪🏼
#StopCardiacTests
Link to issue:
www.ahajournals.org/toc/circ/cur...
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BK Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy – diagnostic and treatment standard
🆓 doi.org/10.1093/ndt/...
🆓 doi.org/10.1093/ndt/...
BK Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy – diagnostic and treatment standard
ABSTRACT. BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) is recognized as a significant viral complication of kidney transplantation. Prompt immunosuppression reduction reduces e
doi.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
BK Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy – diagnostic and treatment standard
🆓 doi.org/10.1093/ndt/...
🆓 doi.org/10.1093/ndt/...
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What causes bladder cancer initiating mutations?
Our paper in Science Advances asks the question: can BK virus infections of normal urothelium lead to the APOBEC3 mutational signatures found in bladder cancers?
We found that they can!
Our paper in Science Advances asks the question: can BK virus infections of normal urothelium lead to the APOBEC3 mutational signatures found in bladder cancers?
We found that they can!
Virus-induced APOBEC3 transmutagenesis in bladder cancer initiation
A model for hit-and-run viral carcinogenesis in the bladder.
www.science.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
What causes bladder cancer initiating mutations?
Our paper in Science Advances asks the question: can BK virus infections of normal urothelium lead to the APOBEC3 mutational signatures found in bladder cancers?
We found that they can!
Our paper in Science Advances asks the question: can BK virus infections of normal urothelium lead to the APOBEC3 mutational signatures found in bladder cancers?
We found that they can!
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📣Calling all #ResidentDoctors & #MedicalStudents! Thinking about a career in #Nephrology? join our taster event!
Hear from renal registrars & consultants, learn about key conditions, explore career pathways & get tips for CVs & interviews.
👉https://ow.ly/YXRr50XyH0y
#RenalMedicine #KidneyCare
Hear from renal registrars & consultants, learn about key conditions, explore career pathways & get tips for CVs & interviews.
👉https://ow.ly/YXRr50XyH0y
#RenalMedicine #KidneyCare
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📣Calling all #ResidentDoctors & #MedicalStudents! Thinking about a career in #Nephrology? join our taster event!
Hear from renal registrars & consultants, learn about key conditions, explore career pathways & get tips for CVs & interviews.
👉https://ow.ly/YXRr50XyH0y
#RenalMedicine #KidneyCare
Hear from renal registrars & consultants, learn about key conditions, explore career pathways & get tips for CVs & interviews.
👉https://ow.ly/YXRr50XyH0y
#RenalMedicine #KidneyCare
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Did you know that sepsis is a life-threatening condition?
Dr Laura Carey wants to know if injured red blood cells from patients with sepsis can cause kidney damage.
Read more: bit.ly/48epDXA
Dr Laura Carey wants to know if injured red blood cells from patients with sepsis can cause kidney damage.
Read more: bit.ly/48epDXA
Do injured red blood cells damage the kidneys of patients with sepsis? - Kidney Research UK
Dr Laura Carey is researching if injured red blood cells (RBCs) from patients with sepsis can cause kidney damage.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Did you know that sepsis is a life-threatening condition?
Dr Laura Carey wants to know if injured red blood cells from patients with sepsis can cause kidney damage.
Read more: bit.ly/48epDXA
Dr Laura Carey wants to know if injured red blood cells from patients with sepsis can cause kidney damage.
Read more: bit.ly/48epDXA
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The @kdigo.org IgA guidelines published www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...
We discussed them with Jon Barratt here: youtu.be/OChs5BcTEGE?... on #NephGR
We discussed them with Jon Barratt here: youtu.be/OChs5BcTEGE?... on #NephGR
KDIGO 2025 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy (IgAN) and Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis (IgAV)
This article is published as part of a supplement sponsored by Kidney Disease: Improving
Global Outcomes (KDIGO). The opinions or views expressed in this supplement are those
of the authors and do not...
www.kidney-international.org
September 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The @kdigo.org IgA guidelines published www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...
We discussed them with Jon Barratt here: youtu.be/OChs5BcTEGE?... on #NephGR
We discussed them with Jon Barratt here: youtu.be/OChs5BcTEGE?... on #NephGR
Huge well done to Fay for winning the #ukkw2025 NEPHWork Dragons Den for BK-UK. Looking forward to working with you to describe incidence, practice and outcomes of BK virus infection in KTRs across the UK (including paeds!)
June 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Huge well done to Fay for winning the #ukkw2025 NEPHWork Dragons Den for BK-UK. Looking forward to working with you to describe incidence, practice and outcomes of BK virus infection in KTRs across the UK (including paeds!)
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This was a fun article to work on. Hope you enjoy it.
Things We Do for No Reason™: Avoiding IV iodinated contrast material in patients with acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease Journal of Hospital Medicine
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Things We Do for No Reason™: Avoiding IV iodinated contrast material in patients with acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease Journal of Hospital Medicine
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Things We Do for No Reason™: Avoiding intravenous iodinated contrast material in patients with acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease
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June 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This was a fun article to work on. Hope you enjoy it.
Things We Do for No Reason™: Avoiding IV iodinated contrast material in patients with acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease Journal of Hospital Medicine
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Things We Do for No Reason™: Avoiding IV iodinated contrast material in patients with acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease Journal of Hospital Medicine
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Aaand it’s official, we have a new antihypertensive class!!!! 🎉🍾🎊
I like this RCT design in particular because it was open to both uncontrolled not-yet-resistant AND resistant hypertensive patients, opening to door to prescribe it as an earlier line agent
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
I like this RCT design in particular because it was open to both uncontrolled not-yet-resistant AND resistant hypertensive patients, opening to door to prescribe it as an earlier line agent
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Lorundrostat Efficacy and Safety in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension | NEJM
Aldosterone dysregulation contributes to hypertension. Lorundrostat is an aldosterone
synthase inhibitor, but data on its efficacy and safety in patients with hypertension
are limited. In this mult...
www.nejm.org
April 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Aaand it’s official, we have a new antihypertensive class!!!! 🎉🍾🎊
I like this RCT design in particular because it was open to both uncontrolled not-yet-resistant AND resistant hypertensive patients, opening to door to prescribe it as an earlier line agent
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
I like this RCT design in particular because it was open to both uncontrolled not-yet-resistant AND resistant hypertensive patients, opening to door to prescribe it as an earlier line agent
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....