Kidney disease

Canadian biotech company Chinook Therapeutics raises $65M for rare kidney disease therapies

by James Thorne on August 23, 2019August 30, 2019 at 9:14 amComment

Chinook Therapeutics, a Vancouver, B.C.-based biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, raised $65 million in a Series A financing round led by Versant Ventures with Apple Tree Partners… Read More

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How a robotic system that grows human organoids can help save real live humans

by Alan Boyle on May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 at 1:43 pmComment

Good news, everybody: Robots can now create human mini-organs from stem cells. What could possibly go wrong? The method may sound like a nightmare from HBO’s AI thriller “WestWorld,” but… Read More

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UW researchers’ ‘kidney on a chip’ will be prepped for space station experiment

by Alan Boyle on June 20, 2017June 22, 2017 at 9:33 amComment

A stack of card-sized gizmos that test the effects of drugs, toxins and weightlessness on human kidney cells is due to take a ride to the International Space Station as… Read More

UW Center for Dialysis Innovation gets $15M grant to improve dialysis technology

by Clare McGrane on March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 at 10:50 amComment

Dialysis can be a life-saving treatment for the millions of people across the globe who face kidney failure. But despite the importance of this treatment, the technology behind it is still… Read More

Canadian biotech company Chinook Therapeutics raises $65M for rare kidney disease therapies

How a robotic system that grows human organoids can help save real live humans

UW researchers’ ‘kidney on a chip’ will be prepped for space station experiment

UW Center for Dialysis Innovation gets $15M grant to improve dialysis technology

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