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The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has awarded the Division of Nephrology at the University of Michigan Medical School a five-year, $3.8 million research grant.
The O'Brien Kidney Center Core grant will be used by the departments of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology and Cell and Molecular Biology, as well as the Life Sciences Institute, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Statistics and the School of Education. The grant will further research and help to develop diagnosis, prevention strategies and treatments for people with kidney diseases.
The U-M Medical School has received NIDDK funding for O'Brien Kidney Centers since 1988. Roger C. Wiggins, M.B., B. Chir., was the founding director of the George O'Brien Renal Center at U-M, and now heads up the O’Brien Pilot Project Program.
NIDDK conducts and supports basic and clinical research on diseases of the kidney. With seven universities across the nation receiving O'Brien funding, these Research Centers work to gain a greater understanding of kidney diseases and strive to design curative and preventative strategies.
Dr. Frank C. Brosius, Professor of Internal Medicine and Division Chief of Nephrology, oversees a multi-disciplinary team of kidney researchers that focus on applying knowledge gained in basic science, genetics and systems biology to people with kidney disease. The grant will apply systems biology together with basic science research to identify new biomarkers that can guide diagnosis and treatment for people with kidney diseases.
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