Clayton BradyMD/PhD Candidate (G2)University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Acid-base balance is often overlooked in healthy individuals, but becomes glaringly important in any patient with reduced kidney function. Our kidneys do a tremendous job…
This past weekend, Arkana Laboratories hosted another live pathology session covering part II of all things intratubular casts (now focused on crystalline intratubular casts). Dr. Zeljko Dvanajscak helmed the microscope, taking viewers through the 4 major categories of…
Justine Abais-Battad, PhDInstructor, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Over the last decade we have witnessed surging scientific and public interest in the gut microbiota and its relationship to our overall health. German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach said…
Ryan Crislip, PhDPostdoctoral FellowUniversity of Florida The circadian field has gained recent notoriety from three distinguished scientists (Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbasch, and Michael Young) being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2017 for their isolation…
John Henry Dasinger, PhDPostdoctoral FellowAugusta University George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and Nobel Prize winner, said it best, “There is no love sincerer than the love of food“ George Bernard Shaw In the current coronavirus infectious disease 2019…
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Jessica Faulkner, PhDPostdoctoral FellowAugusta University Aldosterone production and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation is a key physiological pathway promoting retention of salt and water in the distal nephron. Aldosterone is a physiological ligand of MR and MR activation leads…
Eryn DixonPostdoctoral FellowWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Uric acid is the final metabolic byproduct of purine nucleotide breakdown (Figure 1a) and its accumulation causes hyperuricemia, which is highly prevalent and heritable. The major consequence of…
Casey DerellaPhD CandidateAugusta University Exercise and physical activity of any kind provide a substantial number of health benefits. In fact, the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommend that some exercise is…
