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GUDMAP Node Posting - Report from ISN World Congress in Cape Town (March 13-17, 2015)

Apr 2, 2015

The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) holds biennial meetings throughout the world, and this was the first ISN WCN to be held in Africa. There was attention brought by the scientific program to maternal and child renal health, both of which are key problems in the developing world. There was additional emphasis on translational and clinical nephrology, with the session entitled ‘Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract: Prenatal through adulthood’ being of particular relevance to developmental biologists… more.

Dr. Chris Armit attended the ISN World Congress in Cape Town and represented GUDMAP at an exhibiton stand. His full report can be read at the Node.