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APS Program Update:
June 2024
Read the new APS Program Update that includes the lab's latest news and achievements, APS Program Community Q&A Series by Dr. Ray Zuo on how APS can impact your kidneys, and What I'm Reading in APS Research by Dr. Jason Knight, who highlights abstracts presented at the 2024 EULAR Congress.
Dr. Jason Knight discusses the connection between autoimmune conditions and blood clots in the Stop the Clot April PEP Talk with the National Blood Clot Alliance.
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Research News
Dr. Yu (Ray) Zuo recently sat down with podcast host, Victoria Shanmugam, MBBS, MRCP, CCD, to discuss whether calprotectin can be a functional biomarker for those with APS thrombocytopenia and what the future holds for this study’s conclusions.
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Research News
Jacqueline Madison, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Rheumatology and member of the APS Research Labs, has been awarded the CARRA-Arthritis Foundation Research Grant.
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Research News
Somanathapura K. NaveenKumar, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the APS Research Labs, has been selected as a 2024-2025 ANRF Scholar for his research, "Gasdermin D in APS Thromboinflammation".
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Research News
What I’m Reading in APS Research, written by Dr. Ajay Tambralli and Dr. Jason Knight, was created to provide information about some of the latest APS research and to help everyone better understand the ins and outs of these publications. In this month’s edition, Dr. Knight highlights several abstracts presented at the annual EULAR Congress.
![How Does APS Impact My Kidneys, and How Can I Protect Them?](https://medresearch.umich.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-06/aps_qa_series_-_kidneys.jpg?h=4be160bb&itok=-BnoBUbb)
Research News
The APS Program Community Q&A Series, written by Yu (Ray) Zuo, MD, MSCS, was created to answer questions we receive from the APS Program community and covers a variety of topics. In this month’s edition, Dr. Zuo discusses how APS can impact your kidneys and the steps that you can take to keep your kidneys healthy.
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Research News
Dr. Ray Zuo and Dr. Jason Knight review the critical updates and practical insights a rheumatology professional should know about APS.