“S cience is the most communal of endeavors,” wrote the late and eloquent Dr. Lewis Thomas, who was one of my esteemed professors at New York University Medical School in the 1960s. In a Foreign Affairs monograph, Dr. Thomas described how the building blocks of physics and biology in this century had been put together one piece at a time, by men and women whose identities have been forgotten. M...

INTRODUCTION Lupus nephritis (LN) is a major complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Renal involvement is a major determinant of the prognosis of SLE. The histological classification of LN is a key factor in determining the renal survival of patients with LN. Prompt recognition and treatment of renal disease are important, as early response to therapy is correlated with better outco...

In the spring of 2004, the Board of Advisors and the Council of the American Society of Nephrology believed it necessary to conduct a series of research retreats to steer priorities appropriately in an era of limited resources. In this regard, retreats were conducted by five working groups in areas that were identified to require distinct attention: acute renal failure, diabetic nephropathy, hy...

The value of randomized trials as the optimal method for determining benefits health care interventions in clinical practice has been highlighted repeatedly during current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Despite being considered an “academic specialty,” nephrology lags behind its internal medicine counterparts conduct high-quality trials. As a result, many treatments used routine (e.g., phos...