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Read about grants awarded by the PKD Charity.

Lab grown kidneys could lead to new treatments that slow disease progression

Lab grown kidneys could lead to new treatments that slow disease progression

04 July 2022 | Jane Pugh | Latest news
We are delighted to fund Professor Colin A Johnson and his work looking for novel treatments for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Professor Colin A Johnson  The Problem ADPKD is a genetic disorder that leads to fluid...
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New study aims to prevent cyst formation in ADPKD

New study aims to prevent cyst formation in ADPKD

28 June 2022 | Jane Pugh | Latest news
It is with great pleasure we announce that we are funding Professor Albert Ong on his mission to discover and test new treatments for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Professor Albert Ong  The Problem Autosomal domin...
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Grant to study genetics could improve lives of ARPKD patients

Grant to study genetics could improve lives of ARPKD patients

23 June 2022 | Jane Pugh | Latest news
We're thrilled to co-fund a PKD PhD Studentship under the supervision of Dr Joe Cockburn, one of three brand new awards funded by our groundbreaking research partnership with Kidney Research UK.  Joe will lead a journey of discovery through fa...
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Grant to study blood vessels and lymphatics in PKD

Grant to study blood vessels and lymphatics in PKD

03 May 2022 | Tess Harris | Latest news
The PKD Charity has awarded a £14,960 research grant to a group at University College London (UCL), who are looking to develop new treatments for polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Headed up by Professor David Long and Dr Daniyal Jafree, th...
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Grant to promote PKD treatment research

Grant to promote PKD treatment research

27 October 2021 | Tess Harris | Latest news
The PKD Charity has just awarded a £45,000 grant to the UCL Division of Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital London to part-fund a 3-year PhD Studentship. We urgently need new ways to treat polycystic kidney disease. At present, there is only o...
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Lab-grown ‘mini kidneys’ for testing PKD treatments

Lab-grown ‘mini kidneys’ for testing PKD treatments

25 October 2021 | Hannah Bridges | Blogs
We interview Professor Patricia Wilson, Trustee of the PKD Charity and Curator of the PKD BioResource, to find out more about new research into the use of lab-grown ‘mini kidneys’ to find new treatments for PKD. The PKD Charity is funding a 3-...
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ADPKD aneurysm risk study

ADPKD aneurysm risk study

14 October 2021 | Tess Harris | Latest news
People with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) are known to be at high risk of intracranial aneurysms (IA). IAs occur in about 3 in 100 of the general population but in between 10-12 in 100 of individuals with ADPKD. If ...
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Vitamin A and ARPKD links uncovered in study

Vitamin A and ARPKD links uncovered in study

18 August 2021 | Tess Harris | Blogs
Research supported by the PKD Charity has uncovered links between vitamin A and ARPKD, which might lead to possible treatments in future. What does vitamin A do? Our bodies use vitamin A in a number of ways. The vitamin helps us to fight illn...
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Defining progression of ADPKD and tolvaptan efficacy

Defining progression of ADPKD and tolvaptan efficacy

13 May 2021 | Tess Harris | Blogs
One of the problems when managing ADPKD patients is that there is a wide variation in how quickly the disease progresses. Even if we know the gene (PKD-1 or PKD-2) and type of mutation responsible, the path to end-stage renal failure is often unpr...
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Are kidney cilia the key to understanding ADPKD?

Are kidney cilia the key to understanding ADPKD?

03 January 2020 | Tess Harris | Latest news
The PKD Charity has awarded £10,000 to Newcastle University to analyse the cilia in kidney cells from ADPKD patients. What are cilia? Cilia are tiny antenna-like structures inside the kidney, which are important in understanding cyst growth i...
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Taylor Richards - ARPKD PhD student

Taylor Richards - ARPKD PhD student

19 November 2018 | Tess Harris | Blogs
I am excited to have been awarded a PhD studentship, co-funded by the PKD charity and I can’t wait to start working on this 3-year project on the ‘Molecular Mechanisms of the Fibrocystin-ATMIN interactions in Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney ...
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ARPKD PhD 3-year research grant award

ARPKD PhD 3-year research grant award

19 November 2018 | Tess Harris | Latest news
The PKD Charity, Arran Brown Rainbow Foundation and University of Wolverhampton are jointly funding a pioneering 3-year ARPKD research project at Wolverhampton and UCL London. What is ARPKD? ARPKD (autosomal recessive polycystic kidney diseas...
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PKD Charity funds vital PKD databases

PKD Charity funds vital PKD databases

19 November 2018 | Tess Harris | Latest news
The PKD Charity has awarded £20,000 to UCL Centre for Nephrology Royal Free Hospital to fund a specialist research nurse to help develop the ADPKD and ARPKD RaDaR paediatric patient databases. RaDaR – the National Registry of Rare Kidney Dis...
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