April 2021

NEPHROLOGY

KIDNEYS, COVID-19 AND ACE2 CONNECTION WITH DANIEL BATLLE, MD

Featuring: Daniel Batlle, MD

Episode Summary

Daniel Batlle, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Northwestern, has been studying ACE2 and its potential therapeutic uses for many years. When the pandemic began, he proposed a hypothesis that soluble ACE2 could treat the SARS-CoV-2 virus and lead to survival and full recovery, and now he has some exciting preliminary results.

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This podcast was originally release via the Feinberg School of Medicine News Center in April 2021.
 Daniel Batlle, MD
  • Earle, del Greco, Levin Professor of Nephrology/Hypertension
  • Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
  • Member of Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute 

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