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Find out how research, led by Dr Fred Tam, into Dale’s rare kidney disease is making a difference to people’s lives.
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From the creators of the London Marathon, join 20,000 runners and take on London's Big Half. Will you run all over kidney disease?
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Kidney disease is a silent killer. There are three million people in the UK with it right now and there is no cure.

We are the leading charity committed to developing treatments, patient information and raising vital public awareness to help save lives. We are Kidney Research UK.

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Nurture

NURTURE: the first kidney biobank

NURTuRE is the first and unique kidney biobank for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and nephrotic syndrome (NS) covering England, Scotland and Wales. It will be a key resource for renal research.

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Patients should be offered choice over dialysis treatment

Dialysis Decision Aid According to new recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), people being treated with dialysis should be offered a choice over where and what type of treatment they have.

05 October 2018 09:38:00

Kidney Research UK secures Joint Fellowship partnership with NIHR to advance research

NIHR partnership Kidney Research UK has been chosen to partner with the National Institute for Health Research Academy, to offer jointly-funded Partnership Fellowships at Doctoral level.