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Kidney & Immunology Research at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
When the best decision is no decision: the rise of randomization in grant funding www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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When the best decision is no decision: the rise of randomization in grant funding
If reviewers can’t reliably tell the difference between top grant proposals, why should they pretend they can? A new wave of funders is turning to lotteries to break the tie.
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
LDL Cholesterol Targeting in Cardiovascular Disease | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
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LDL Cholesterol Targeting in Cardiovascular Disease | NEJM
To the Editor: In the Ez-PAVE trial conducted in South Korea, Lee and colleagues (April 9 issue)1 report that intensive lowering of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level to a target o...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
VIDEO: Pathophysiological model of IgA nephropathy 'extremely helpful' in drug development
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Could thymus hold the key to longevity? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Could this mysterious disappearing organ hold the key to longevity?
Researchers are racing to regrow the thymus, an ephemeral immune organ, in the hope that it will slow ageing.
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JCI insight @insight.jci.org · 16/07/2026
TGF-β coordinates alanine synthesis and import for myofibroblast differentiation in pulmonary fibrosis: doi.org/10.1172/jci....
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/07/2026
Breaking News: The FDA approved a daily pill that can lower cholesterol levels far below what statins can, clinical trials have shown.
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The F.D.A. Approves a New Pill to Slash Cholesterol Levels
The new pills can lower cholesterol levels far below what can be achieved with statins, clinical trials have shown.
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/w...
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A Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy.
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Combined anti-CD20/anti-CD38 therapy in recurrent FSGS: Results Before Reasons - Kidney International Reports www.kireports.org/article/S246...
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Combined anti-CD20/anti-CD38 therapy in recurrent FSGS: Results Before Reasons
Recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (rFSGS) remains one of the most feared complications after kidney transplantation. Recurrence occurs in approximately one-third of patients with primary FS...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Echocardiography-guided assessment of mouse cardiac transplant rejection improves model reproducibility www.frontiersin.org/journals/tra...
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Frontiers | Echocardiography-guided assessment of mouse cardiac transplant rejection improves model reproducibility
BackgroundThe mouse heterotopic heart transplant model is a widely used system for dissecting mechanisms of graft rejection and identifying new therapeutic t...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Not all antibodies are created equal: total IgG glycosylation and severity of antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/tra...
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Frontiers Publishing Partnerships | Not all antibodies are created equal: total IgG glycosylation and severity of antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation
Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a leading cause of kidney transplant failure and is primarily driven by donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA), althou...
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American Journal of Transplantation @amjtransplant.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The June issue is now available! www.amjtransplant.org #Transplant #Transplantation #OrganTransplantation
June 2026 cover
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haysamrady @sodatroubles.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Circulating IgM does not target common chemical adducts in recurrent FSGS #nephsky #nephrology www.kireports.org/article/S246...
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Circulating IgM does not target common chemical adducts in recurrent FSGS
Recurrent primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after kidney transplantation remains a major cause of early graft dysfunction and loss.1 Increasing evidence implicates natural IgM antibodi...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Circulating IgM does not target common chemical adducts in recurrent FSGS - Kidney International Reports www.kireports.org/article/S246...
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Circulating IgM does not target common chemical adducts in recurrent FSGS
Recurrent primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after kidney transplantation remains a major cause of early graft dysfunction and loss.1 Increasing evidence implicates natural IgM antibodi...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Dual anti-CD20/anti-CD38 therapy for severe recurrent FSGS with longitudinal anti-nephrin assessment academic.oup.com/ndt/article/...
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Dual anti-CD20/anti-CD38 therapy for severe recurrent FSGS with longitudinal anti-nephrin assessment
To the Editor,
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Christopher Michel @christophermichel.com · 02/06/2026
“Until Planet Nine is caught on camera, it does not count as being real. All we have now is an echo.” — Konstantin Batygin A possible planet 5-10x the mass of Earth may be hiding in the darkness beyond Neptune. We haven’t seen it. We see only its fingerprints. More: explorers.com/konstantin-b...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Kidney–immune Axis: How Erythropoietin Regulates Tolerance and Rejection journals.lww.com/transplantjo...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I felt confined by my disciplinary training. Making art freed my scientific ideas | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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I felt confined by my disciplinary training. Making art freed my scientific ideas
“I am now forging a more creative path,” this professor writes
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Urinary Single-Cell Transcriptomics in Kidney Transplantation: Elucidation of Donor–Recipient Cellular Dynamics and Fibrogenic Stress - American Journal of Transplantation www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...
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Urinary Single-Cell Transcriptomics in Kidney Transplantation: Elucidation of Donor–Recipient Cellular Dynamics and Fibrogenic Stress
Urinary single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) provides a noninvasive and mechanistically informative approach for studying kidney allograft biology. We established a high-quality urinary scRNA-seq wo...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Beyond traditional roles: vitamin D and erythropoietin as immune modulators in kidney diseases academic.oup.com/ckj/article/...
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Beyond traditional roles: vitamin D and erythropoietin as immune modulators in kidney diseases
ABSTRACT. Vitamin D and erythropoietin (EPO) are kidney-derived hormones classically known for their roles in mineral metabolism and erythropoiesis, respec
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Impact of Initial Kidney Graft Function on Long-term Outcomes: A Matter of Definition? journals.lww.com/transplantjo...
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The Impact of Initial Kidney Graft Function on Long-term... : Transplantation
An abstract is unavailable.
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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CDER proposes to withdraw approval of TAVNEOS
CDER proposes to withdraw approval of TAVNEOS
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
CKD remission and even regression: a vision reaffirmed www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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CKD remission and even regression: a vision reaffirmed
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Mechanisms and Treatment of Immune Complex GN and C3 GN www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZtL...
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Mechanisms and Treatment of Immune Complex GN and C3 GN
YouTube video by American Society of Transplantation
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
B-cell-targeting therapies in podocytopathies link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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B-cell-targeting therapies in podocytopathies - Pediatric Nephrology
Podocytopathies, including minimal change disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, represent the leading causes of nephrotic syndrome in children and adolescents. Although traditionally conside...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
‘Science needs defending’: record number of researchers run for office in US mid-terms www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Science needs defending’: record number of researchers run for office in US mid-terms
Many Democrats making the switch to politics are motivated by the Trump administration’s cuts to science — whereas energy and AI are a pull for some Republicans.
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
BTW there's now a prize: coller-dolittle-24.sites.tau.ac.il
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Dual Anti-CD20/Anti-CD38 Therapy for Severe Recurrent FSGS with Longitudinal Anti-Nephrin Assessment url: academic.oup.com/ndt/article/...
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Dual Anti-CD20/Anti-CD38 Therapy for Severe Recurrent FSGS with Longitudinal Anti-Nephrin Assessment
Xhuliana Kajana, Agnese Spennacchio, Francesca Chiara Viazzi, Carolina Bigatti, Pasquale Esposito, Angelica Parodi, Gianluca Caridi, Daniela Picciotto, Mar
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common genetic cause of chronic kidney disease, resulting in substantial morbidity and mortality globally. Advances in molecular geneti...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Iptacopan in IgA Nephropathy — Final 24-Month Data www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Iptacopan in IgA Nephropathy — Final 24-Month Data | NEJM
Overactivation of the alternative complement pathway contributes to IgA nephropathy and glomerular inflammation. In the 9-month interim analysis of this phase 3 trial, iptacopan, a complement facto...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Preclinical and clinical studies on kidney allograft tolerance via hematopoietic chimerism - American Journal of Transplantation www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...
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Preclinical and clinical studies on kidney allograft tolerance via hematopoietic chimerism
In current clinical practice, successful kidney transplantation requires lifelong immunosuppression to prevent graft rejection, which is unfortunately associated with significant morbidity, mortality,...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Updates on Kiney Transplant www.instagram.com/reel/DV1AP8r...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Multi-omics analyses reveal the pathogenic role of terminal ileum-derived IgA+β7+ cells in IgA nephropathy www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...
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Multi-omics analyses reveal the pathogenic role of terminal ileum-derived IgA+β7+ cells in IgA nephropathy
Galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1) plays a key role in IgA nephropathy (IgAN), but the location of the plasma cells responsible for its production remain unknown.
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Video: Humpback Whale Stranded Off German Coast Is Freed by Rescuers
In a last-ditch effort, rescuers were at last able to free a 40-foot humpback whale that had been stuck in shallow waters near the coast of Germany for four days.
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The Diversity of Transplant Glomerulitis and its Relationship to Alloantibody www.kireports.org/article/S246...
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The Diversity of Transplant Glomerulitis and its Relationship to Alloantibody
Although transplant glomerulitis often signifies antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), the pathophysiology of complement degradation split-product 4d (C4d) staining of peritubular capillaries (C4dptc) an...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Politicisation of the US FDA: eroding integrity and trust - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Politicisation of the US FDA: eroding integrity and trust
The principle that medicines should not reach patients without strong safety guardrails forms the bedrock of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA shapes decisions about which medicines r...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
World’s oldest dog identified at ancient hunter-gatherer site www.science.org/content/arti...
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World’s oldest dog identified at ancient hunter-gatherer site
Bones of 15,800-year-old puppy push confirmed origin of our canine companions back nearly 5000 years
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Finding the etiology of MPGN - Kidney International www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...
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Finding the etiology of MPGN
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) has undergone a change in classification that is focused on the etiology of MPGN. Thus, MPGN is classified into immune-complex (IC)-mediated MPGN and co...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
JCI Insight - Extracellular vesicle miR-93-5p cargo regulates glomerular endothelial cell damage in Alport syndrome insight.jci.org/articles/vie...
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JCI Insight - Extracellular vesicle miR-93-5p cargo regulates glomerular endothelial cell damage in Alport syndrome
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Updates on kidney transplant from the WTC 2025: www.instagram.com/reel/DV1AP8r...
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transplantation_journal on Instagram: "Paolo Cravedi with Udpates on Kidney Transplantation from the WTC 2025 🙌The link to the full article can be found in our Bio 🔗#tr…"
Paolo Cravedi with Udpates on Kidney Transplantation from the WTC 2025 🙌The link to the full article can be found in our Bio 🔗#transplantation #kidneytransplant #worldtransplantcongress #transplantimmunology #paper
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Anti-PLA2R1 IgG-mediated podocyte PLA2R1 cleavage drives glomerular subepithelial immune complex deposition in membranous nephropathy www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...
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Anti-PLA2R1 IgG-mediated podocyte PLA2R1 cleavage drives glomerular subepithelial immune complex deposition in membranous nephropathy
In membranous nephropathy (MN), subepithelial immune deposits and glomerular basement membrane (GBM) thickening are defining lesions, yet how circulating anti-phospholipase A2 receptor 1 (PLA2R1) IgG ...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Is It Time to Review How We Use Proteinuria to Define Disease Activity in Glomerular Diseases? journals.lww.com/jasn/citatio...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Executive Summary of ASN Kidney Health Guidance on Conservative Management in People with Kidney Failure journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Knockdown of swine leukocyte antigen expression in porcine lung transplants enables graft survival without immunosuppression www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Knockdown of swine leukocyte antigen expression in porcine lung transplants enables graft survival without immunosuppression
Down-regulation of swine leukocyte antigen expression supports graft survival after allogeneic lung transplantation in minipigs.
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
N-Propargylglycine Restores Survival by Preventing Calcium Oxalate Stone Formation, Tubular Injury, and Kidney Dysfunction in a Lethal Mouse Model of Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 2 www.kidney-international.org/article/S008...
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N-Propargylglycine Restores Survival by Preventing Calcium Oxalate Stone Formation, Tubular Injury, and Kidney Dysfunction in a Lethal Mouse Model of Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 2
New therapeutics are needed to address the rapid progression of calcium oxalate (CaOx) nephrolithiasis and life-threatening kidney failure afflicting infants and young adults with one of the three dif...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 20/03/2026
Slow-motion videos reveal tree frogs making some of the most dramatic landings in nature. Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/3Nnd04A
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Prevention of urinary stones with hydration: a randomised clinical trial of an adherence intervention - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Prevention of urinary stones with hydration: a randomised clinical trial of an adherence intervention
A behavioural intervention programme to promote fluid intake for secondary stone prevention did not reduce recurrent stone events but modestly increased urine volume compared with guideline-based care...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Why the research money isn’t flowing from NSF and NIH www.science.org/content/arti...
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Analysis: Why the research money isn’t flowing from NSF and NIH
White House review of agency spending plans for this year is causing delays
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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
ASN’s 2026 STAND for Kidney Health reflects a comprehensive strategy: Prevent disease where possible, fix what’s broken, invest in the future, support the people who deliver care, and make the system work better for people living with kidney diseases. #ASNKidneyNews: kidney.pub/KN1803-05
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Lifelong behavioral screen reveals an architecture of vertebrate aging | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Lifelong behavioral screen reveals an architecture of vertebrate aging
Mapping behavior of individual vertebrate animals across lifespan could provide an unprecedented view into the lifelong process of aging. We created a platform for high-resolution continuous behaviora...
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Cravedi Lab @cravedilab.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Inhibition of T cell polyamine metabolism promotes transplant acceptance by modulating cytotoxic CD8+ T cell differentiation - American Journal of Transplantation www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...
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Inhibition of T cell polyamine metabolism promotes transplant acceptance by modulating cytotoxic CD8+ T cell differentiation
Polyamines, particularly spermidine, are well-documented for their cardiovascular protective, antitumor, and longevity-promoting properties. However, their role in heart transplantation, and specifica...
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