Editorial

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology (2006) 2, 173
doi:10.1038/ncpneph0144  

ISN Forefronts in Nephrology 1986–2006

Robert Alpern, Gerhard Giebisch and Heini Murer

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This year marks the twentieth anniversary of a program that has contributed significantly to the advancement of scientific research in nephrology: the Forefronts in Nephrology program. This program was initiated in 1986, a time when research in nephrology was in transition. Previously, renal research had been conducted in isolation from research in other disciplines. Dominated by measures and techniques such as renal clearance, micropuncture and tubular microperfusion, there were few points of crossover between renal researchers and cell biologists or biochemists; opportunities for interaction between these groups were rare.

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