ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Nurturing Environment - BioPrinting Human Renal Organ Networks
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) results in loss of kidney function in patients, ultimately requiring organ transplant. Critical organ shortage and organ rejection after transplant make extended dialysis inevitable and the only therapy available. To exacerbate this problem, the incidence of CKD is increasing worldwide, with >14% of the general population affected. Hence, there is an urgent need for novel therapies. Induced pluripotent stem cells have been used to create kidney organoids representing early renal development stages. These organoids might be a suitable therapy in the future but fundamental challenges to achieve late stages of physiologically relevant maturation and function need…
From the public funding record at EU CORDIS. Describes the funded project, not the reviews below.