A new clinical network has been launched to increase time to check the health of donated kidneys and increase in the number ...
Researching if changes to a gene called APOL1, which are more common in people from African descent, could affect kidney ...
Professor Nick Selby is researching using a new system to better monitor blood pressure in people having haemodialysis ...
APOL1 kidney disease People with African ancestry are more likely to have changes in the APOL1 gene, which can increase the risk of kidney disease. Genes make up our DNA and carry instructions for ...
Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) can be caused by inherited diseases or by an immune dysfunction, where a part of the body’s immune system is over-active in a way that attacks the ...
It is important that you contact your dialysis unit or the NHS 111 non-emergency medical helpline if you cannot get through to your unit and think you have peritonitis. In severe cases, repeated bouts ...
Kidney failure: the kidneys remove certain acids from the body in the urine. They also prevent too much bicarbonate (a naturally occurring chemical called an electrolyte), which decreases acidity, ...
Using artificial intelligence to understand what lymphatic vessels do in kidney transplant rejection
Every year in the UK, many kidney transplants stop working because the person’s immune system attacks the new transplanted organ. This process is called transplant rejection. When transplant rejection ...
Two new appointees to Kidney Research UK’s board of trustees bring business and charity expertise alongside personal experience of life with kidney disease. Kidney Research UK has appointed Chris ...
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is the most common inherited cause of kidney failure. It affects around 70,000 people across the UK, and many will go on to need dialysis or a kidney transplant. For ...
Kidney Research UK is offering ten funded places on selected BSI bioinformatics training courses. Each place covers one eligible online course and one year of BSI membership. The course must be ...
A team of nine transplant patients represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the first ever Women's transplant football World Cup earlier this month. Competing against Germany, Australia and a ...
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