Archive for August 2021
Ethnicity adjustment for kidney function testing removed from NICE chronic kidney disease guideline
Ethnicity adjustment for kidney function testing removed from NICE chronic kidney disease guideline 25 August 2021 The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) chronic kidney disease (CKD) guideline update, released today, has removed the recommendation to adjust for Black ethnicity when estimating how well a patient’s kidneys are working; a change that will prevent…
Read MoreNew grant call to fund collaborative immune research
New grant call to fund collaborative immune research 19 August 2021 We are delighted to have been invited to participate in an innovative new £1.3 million grant call focussing on developing new treatments for multiple autoimmune or immune mediated conditions. Our friends at the Lorna and Yuti Chernajovsky Biomedical Research Foundation have partnered with Connect…
Read MoreThousand mile challenge for (Four) Kidney Tom
Thousand mile challenge for (Four) Kidney Tom 18 August 2021 A 32-year-old man born with four kidneys has embarked on a personal challenge to walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise money for Kidney Research UK. Inspired by the late Sir Captain Tom, who raised £32.5 million for the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic, Tom Goodwin,…
Read MoreKidney dialysis patients could benefit from third doses of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines
Kidney dialysis patients could benefit from third doses of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines 13 August 2021 A research study funded by Kidney Research UK with other charities; The National Kidney Federation (NKF), Kidney Wales, the PKD Charity and several Kidney Patient Associations, shows kidney patients who receive in-hospital dialysis treatment for kidney disease produced a greater…
Read MoreThe Kidney Charities Together group strongly recommends that precautions are still taken to remain COVID safe
The Kidney Charities Together group strongly recommends that precautions are still taken to remain COVID safe 13 August 2021 New research published in The Lancet has shown that, unlike the general population, many people who have kidney failure and who are on haemodialysis have a poor antibody response to two doses of covid19 vaccine. The…
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