Our research into the role proteins play in causing kidney failure is not only giving us major clues into how we can prevent it but also how we can better detect and diagnose it.

This work has enabled us to engineer a novel peptide therapeutic with the goal of addressing kidney failure for the tens of millions of patients who currently lack treatment options. Many of these patients require dialysis and experience long-term health complications such as heart disease and diabetes - even from a single, temporary episode of kidney failure.

We’re pretty excited about the prospect of what our work could do for these patients.