ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S KIDNEY FUND - Key Persons

Kidney Stem Cell Project finding began in 2005 with the AHCKF funding the appointment of a PhD student (Cristina Fuente Mora) who worked on isolating stem cells from kidneys. Following this, PhD student Egon Ranghini received funding that then proved how these cells could be used to populate the kidney. More recently (in 2010) Sandra Rak-Raszewska started a 2 year fellowship funded by AHCKF to establish kidney injury models and test if the embryonic stem cells can help repair damaged renal tissues. In April 2001 Joni Downes was appointed to support Sandra's research. Additional support to the stem cell project is provided by Dr Patricia Murray, Dr Simon Kenny and Dr Bettina Wilm.