The enemy from inside: propaganda as a weapon and your body against itself

In times in which we are seeing the rise of the Far Right again, it is more important than ever to see through their propaganda. Propaganda that in many places is heavily based on historical misinformation. Knowing the right facts can become a pair of glasses.

Kidney diseases affect millions and are sneaky, by the time you notice something’s wrong, the damage is often done. But here’s the twist: your urine isn’t just waste, it’s packed with microscopic messengers called extracellular vesicles, released by cells. Especially in autoimmune kidney diseases, the antibody attack leads to a vesicle float into your urine, carrying microscopic clues about what’s happening inside your kidney cells. In this talk, we’ll explore how your kidney cells respond to damage and how vesicles could become a powerful tool in diagnostics. (S)Peeing into the future: because your pee might spot trouble before you feel it.