
Renal research team: Collaborating globally to advance clinical practice in kidney disease
Our renal research team collaborates internationally, with pharmaceutical companies and smaller Australian biotech companies to transfer their research into clinical practice. Currently they are involved in a number clinical trials investigating chronic kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation including:
- Targeting inflammatory pathways known to be upregulated in kidney disease
- Limiting kidney scarring in models of transplantation to ensure longevity of transplant kidney function
- Non-invasive determination of patients at risk of progressive diabetic/non-diabetic kidney disease
- Prevention of chronic kidney disease though limiting transmission of maternal to foetal risk of chronic kidney disease
- Fibre supplements to improve glycaemic control and reduce chronic kidney disease
- Normalising the function of the mitochondria in progressive chronic kidney disease
- Development of therapeutics against promising targets in chronic kidney disease
- Diabetic kidney disease-early detection and potential treatment