Are kidney cilia the key to understanding ADPKD?
The PKD Charity has awarded £10,000 to Newcastle University to analyse the cilia in kidney cells from ADPKD patients.
Grants Awarded
Results of the latest grants round
Results of the latest grants round
PKD Charity funds vital PKD databases
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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.
ARPKD PhD 3-year research grant award
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.
Clinical research fellowship grant - Addenbrooke's Hospital
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The PKD Charity has awarded £10,000 to Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust towards a clinical research fellowship.
PhD studentship award - Royal Free Centre for Nephrology
The PKD Charity has awarded £32,259 over 3 years to UCL Royal Free Centre for Nephrology towards a joint PhD studentship.
The grant will help support a PhD student undertaking PKD research.
DRINK pilot app - Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit
The PKD Charity has awarded £10,000 to Cambridge Hospitals and Clinical Trial Unit towards the development of a smartphone app to support the DRINK pilot.
Grant to investigate blood pressure in children and young people with ADPKD
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The PKD Charity has awarded £10,000 to UCL Institute of Child Health/Great Ormond St Hospital for a study investigating the optimal bood pressure level in children and young people with ADPKD (Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease).
First-ever grant from the PKD Charity for ARPKD Research
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The PKD Charity has awarded £10,000 to Dr Evi Goggolidou for a study on a gene which is believed to influence the development and progression of Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD).
