Screening new treatments for rare childhood kidney disease
About the project:
No treatment other than dialysis and transplantation currently exists for children with inherited kidney disease.
In this study, researchers will use human stem cells to model a rare but severe paediatric kidney disease, called nephrotic syndrome. In the lab, we will grow the affected cells of the kidney is a dish, and then test thousands of known drug compounds with the aim of identifying treatments for this life-threatening condition.
Lead researcher: Dr Aude Dorison
Tissue of interest: Kidney
Proudly in partnership with
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, is supported by a Novo Nordisk Foundation grant number NNF21CC0073729