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Making the Case for Adding the Kidney Emoji as an Educational Tool for Healthcare

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | Communicating Science, Nephrology, Technology | 0 comment | 10 June, 2022 | 0

Health advocates hope to gain approval for an anatomically correct kidney emoji that could be used to improve patient-provider communication.

Three Mass General Investigators Named NIH New Innovators

By Gloria Rosado | Genetics & Genomics, Nephrology, Neurology, Rheumatology & Immunology | 0 comment | 24 October, 2019 | 0

The NIH New Innovator Award supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects.

How An Unexpected Finding Could Help to Predict and Prevent Acute Kidney Injury

By mghresearch | Medicine, Nephrology, Women in Science | 0 comment | 15 August, 2019 | 0

Learn how Mass General researcher Sylvie Breton turned a surprise finding in her lab into a potential treatment for a disease known as “the silent killer.”