Protecting kidney function in diabetic kidney disease 08 February 2023 Around 40% of people with diabetes will go on to develop diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Professor Simon Satchell and Dr Matt Butler have been looking at treatments for DKD, how they work and how to improve them. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes lead…

Investigating a novel treatment for nephrotic syndrome and diabetic nephropathy 11 July 2022 Imagine being on a course of treatment and tolerating the many side effects for weeks only to find that the treatment has been futile. This is the scenario facing up to 20% of patients with steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome (NS). Steroids aren’t…

Identifying who will develop diabetes after kidney transplant 09 June 2022 Professor Amy Jayne McKnight, from Queen’s University Belfast, has been awarded a Stoneygate research project grant to study who is at higher risk of developing diabetes after receiving a kidney transplant. Developing diabetes post transplant New onset diabetes after transplant is a serious complication…

New study to investigate whether changes in gut bacteria can cause kidney disease in people with diabetes 09 May 2022 We have awarded Dr Kaitlin Wade from the University of Bristol and Dr Abigail Lay from the University of Manchester a grant to recruit a PhD student to study whether, and how, changes in the…