Throwback Thursday with Dr. Fred Silva

Mesangial cell interposition between GBMs is an unusual and not fully understood process. In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses where the ideas of mesangial cell interposition came from and purposed mechanisms regarding its development.

Uroscopy, Uromancy and the Piss Prophets. This week Dr. Silva discusses the varied and interesting history of urine analysis throughout multiple centuries of human history.

In this week's episode, Dr. Silva gives us a brief history of several histologic stains used in renal pathology. 

https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/10.5858/arpa.2016-0274-SA

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the history of kidney disease due to liver dysfunction and the impact of the introduction of immunofluorescence.

In this episode, Dr. Silva gives the history of the mineral named after the kidney, nephrite.