Archive for October 2019
Kidney patients urged to get flu vaccine
Kidney patients urged to get flu vaccine 28 October 2019 If you have an underlying health condition the best thing you can do to protect yourself against flu is get the vaccine. This is the advice from health officials as the flu season gets under way. Dr John Rodriguez, Screening and Immunisation Lead for Kent,…
Read MoreGiving donor kidneys a boost so more transplants are possible
Giving donor kidneys a boost so more transplants are possible 22 October 2019 What is the problem? More than 5000 people are on the kidney transplant waiting list. Around half of all donor kidneys can’t be transplanted because they are not healthy enough, or doctors use ‘marginal’ kidneys of lower quality – but these are…
Read MoreFrom war child to leading the fight against kidney disease
From war child to leading the fight against kidney disease 17 October 2019 Growing-up in a war-torn country, separated from her parents hundreds of miles away in London, kidney specialist Soma Meran says the childhood memories of the Iraq war will always shape her. Today, she pours her energy into finding a cure for kidney…
Read MoreScientists discover molecule protects against kidney disease in diabetes
Scientists discover molecule protects against kidney disease in diabetes 15 October 2019 In September, our funding helped scientists make an exciting discovery – that boosting a molecule called soluble Nogo-B (or sNogo-B) can improve diabetic kidney disease in mice by protecting blood vessels. This finding suggests that targeting and boosting this molecule using drugs could…
Read MoreFamily’s loss moves a community
Family’s loss moves a community 09 October 2019 A family from Leighton Buzzard, whose dad died on Father’s Day, are raising money for research in the hope that one day no one will die prematurely from kidney disease. Kevin Grimshaw, a produce buyer for New Covent Garden, was just 46 when he passed away earlier…
Read MoreFormer Kidney Research UK trustee wins prestigious Nobel Prize
Congratulations to Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe, a former trustee of ours who has won one the most prestigious awards in science – the 2019 Nobel Prize.
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