Monthly Archives: October 2020

Highlights of the BMC Series – September 2020

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Considerations for CRISPR human germline editing • A unified tool to assess the risk of research bias • Dietary supplementation and its effects on human gut microbiota • Pregnancy and the risks of e-cigarettes • Uncertainty in interpreting COVID-19 evidence • Uganda’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic • Qualitative experiences of unpaid carers before and during COVID-19

Getting real about kidney transplant timelines

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In this month’s BMC Nephrology blog, Editor Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah explores the difficulty of predicting pretransplant hemodialysis duration for dialysis patients cleared for transplanation, and discusses associated potential complications and consequences of this process.