This Week in Nephrology — Jul 1, 2026

Welcome to This Week in Nephrology. This week we are covering seven notable papers spanning advancements in kidney transplantation, novel insights into risk prediction and genetics in chronic kidney disease, and the evolving paradigms of patient-cent…

This week's papers: 1. Urinary protein vs albumin for assessing kidney failure risk in chronic kidney disease. — Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation 2026 2. Preformed Anti-DQ Alpha Donor-specific Antibodies and the Risk of Antibody-mediated Rejection After Kidney Transplantation. — Transplantation 2026 3. Desensitization With Tocilizumab and IVIg: A Prospective Controlled Cohort Study in a Predominantly Black American Population. — Transplantation 2026 4. Nephrology in the Paradigm of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: Report of an ASN Initiative on Saving Kidneys, Hearts, and Lives. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 5. Palliative Dialysis: Putting the Person First in Dialysis Care. — American journal of kidney diseases 2026 6. Genetic Risk Factors for Kidney Function in Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes. — Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2026 7. Metrics That Matter: Evaluating the Correlates of Pretransplant Performance in US Kidney Transplant Programs. — Kidney international reports 2026

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