{"id":157309,"date":"2025-04-28T14:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/?page_id=157309"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:39:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:39:01","slug":"our-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/research\/our-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Our research"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2  data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-animation-duration=\"1\">\r\n\t\t\tAbout our research\t<\/h2>\r\n\t<p>Our research has helped shape the treatment and care for many people living with kidney disease, yet kidney disease is growing in the UK at an alarming rate. Today, we are more essential than ever. With your support, our research can end kidney disease.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Find out what we&#8217;re doing to prevent, protect and treat kidney disease.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<h2  data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-animation-duration=\"1\">\r\n\t\t\tTransforming the future of kidney health\t<\/h2>\r\n\t<p>Our goals underpin everything we do and are the guiding principles behind our ambitions, our long-term plans and the work we deliver every day.<\/p>\r\n\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/KR15587_Icon-2_Prevent-200x200-crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/KR15587_Icon-2_Prevent-200x200-crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\r\n<h3>Prevent<\/h3>\r\n<p>We will prevent more people from developing kidney disease.<\/p>\r\n<figure data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-animation-duration=\"2\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_2296150219-crop.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_2296150219-crop\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" title=\"shutterstock_2296150219-crop\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_2296150219-crop.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_2296150219-crop\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" title=\"shutterstock_2296150219-crop\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/KR15587_Icon-2_Protect-200x200-round.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/KR15587_Icon-2_Protect-200x200-round.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\r\n<h3>Protect<\/h3>\r\n<p>We will protect those living with kidney disease from kidney failure.<\/p>\r\n<figure data-animation-delay=\"0.5\" data-animation-duration=\"2\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Haemodialysis-image-1000x667.jpg\" alt=\"Dialysis device with rotating pumps. 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Your life depends on it. Or being told your transplant has failed a week after the operation. A transplant you&#8217;ve waited years for. We don&#8217;t want patients to still be going through this in 20 years&#8217; time.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>The change needs to start now.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/transform-treatments\/\"  target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLet&#8217;s transform treatments\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n<h2  data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-animation-duration=\"1\">\r\n\t\t\tChanging the future of kidney health\t<\/h2>\r\n\t<p>Our research is working at a greater pace and scale to change lives.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<h3>Transforming kidney treatments<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<p>We will find ways to make kidney transplants last longer, dialysis more tolerable, reduce the burden of treatment and monitoring, and improve quality of life for people living with kidney disease.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/support\/transform-treatments\/\"  target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn about transforming treatments\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<h3>Helping people living with several health conditions<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<p>We will investigate how kidney disease is linked to other conditions that people commonly experience at the same time, including heart disease, diabetes and mental health problems.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/2023\/12\/13\/tackling-multiple-health-conditions-for-holistic-wellbeing\/\"  target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet multiple health conditions info\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<h3>Tackling health inequities<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<p>We will highlight the inequalities of kidney disease; we will investigate why some groups of people are more at risk of kidney disease, and progress to kidney failure much faster.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/research\/health-inequalities\/\"  target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn about our health equalities work\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<h2>Leading transformation in kidney health.<\/h2>\r\n<p>In our charity strategy, Leading transformation in kidney health, we have pledged to drive a major surge in the UK kidney research effort. To deliver this, we are changing how we do things.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/about-us\/our-cause\/\"  target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead our charity strategy\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/research\/research-strategy\/\"  target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead our research strategy\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n<h2  data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-animation-duration=\"1\">\r\n\t\t\tHow to support our research\t<\/h2>\r\n\t<p>Everyone has a stake in kidney health. 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Influence research and help shape our priorities.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/research\/patient-involvement\/\"  target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout patient involvement\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n<figure data-animation-delay=\"0.5\" data-animation-duration=\"1\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dr-Ben-Caplin-at-the-UCL-Medical-School-Royal-Free-London-for-Kidney-Research-UK-on-20th-March-2017-\u00a9-Brendan-Foster-Photography-2017-70-13-crop-1.png\" alt=\"Dr-Ben-Caplin-at-the-UCL-Medical-School-Royal-Free-London-for-Kidney-Research-UK-on-20th-March-2017-\u00a9-Brendan-Foster-Photography-2017-70-13-crop\" height=\"800\" width=\"1000\" title=\"Dr-Ben-Caplin-at-the-UCL-Medical-School-Royal-Free-London-for-Kidney-Research-UK-on-20th-March-2017-\u00a9-Brendan-Foster-Photography-2017-70-13-crop\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dr-Ben-Caplin-at-the-UCL-Medical-School-Royal-Free-London-for-Kidney-Research-UK-on-20th-March-2017-\u00a9-Brendan-Foster-Photography-2017-70-13-crop-1.png\" alt=\"Dr-Ben-Caplin-at-the-UCL-Medical-School-Royal-Free-London-for-Kidney-Research-UK-on-20th-March-2017-\u00a9-Brendan-Foster-Photography-2017-70-13-crop\" height=\"800\" width=\"1000\" title=\"Dr-Ben-Caplin-at-the-UCL-Medical-School-Royal-Free-London-for-Kidney-Research-UK-on-20th-March-2017-\u00a9-Brendan-Foster-Photography-2017-70-13-crop\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<h3>Stay up to date<\/h3>\r\n<p>Keep up to date with all the brilliant research that we&#8217;re funding and the life-changing breakthroughs that are happening for people living with kidney disease.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/sign-up-talk-kidney\/\"  target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet our monthly newsletter\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n<figure data-animation-delay=\"1\" data-animation-duration=\"1\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/events-header-1000x808.webp\" alt=\"events-header\" height=\"808\" width=\"1000\" title=\"events-header\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidneyresearchuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/events-header-1000x808.webp\" alt=\"events-header\" height=\"808\" width=\"1000\" title=\"events-header\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/noscript>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<h3>Make a donation<\/h3>\r\n<p>Your support can make a life-changing difference. 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