An investigational drug being developed for the treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) has received orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Lixivaptan is a potent, selective vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist which may delay […]
Dr. Ashima Gulati is one of the four outstanding researchers selected for our 2017 PKD Foundation Fellowship Awards. She earned her medical degree from New Delhi, India and training in pediatrics and nephrology at University of Connecticut and Yale School […]
Dr. Yan Zhang is one of the four outstanding researchers selected for our 2017 PKD Foundation Fellowship Awards. She earned her B.S. in pharmacy at Sichuan University, a M.S. in pharmacology at Peking Union Medical College and Ph.D. in pharmacology […]
Dr. Sara Holditch is one of the four outstanding researchers selected for our 2017 PKD Foundation Fellowship Awards. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Microbial Biology from the University of California, Berkeley and completed her Ph.D. in Virology and Gene […]
In May, we announced four promising researchers as recipients of our 2017 PKD Foundation Fellowships. To give you a better understanding of how these researchers were chosen, our Director of Research and Education, Alexis Denny, sheds some light on the […]
You may have recently read our article featuring 2015 PKD Foundation Fellowship recipient, Whitney Besse, M.D., and her involvement in a new PKD and PLD study at Yale. We followed up with her to hear more about her work and how […]
Today is #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving back. Our goal for the day is to raise $10,000, the amount needed to fund about six weeks of PKD research. Help us celebrate #GivingTuesday by making the PKD Foundation your charity […]
We are building significant momentum to bring treatments to patients. In five years, we have gone from one drug in clinical trials in the U.S. to five today. Four of these potential treatments are considered repurposed, which shaves off millions […]
Thanks to our strong PKD community, we have raised $537,900 to continue to advance PKD research with our 2016 Matching Gift Campaign. Hear from PKD Foundation Chief Scientific Officer David Baron, Ph.D., about how the money raised with this campaign […]
When you give to the PKD Foundation, your gift helps move us closer to treatments and a cure for PKD. Over the years, we have invested almost $40 million in more than 550 clinical and scientific grants, fellowships and scientific meetings. The […]