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How do your donations help AKPA?
Here's just a few of the projects donations have been a vital part of: AKPA purchased a new ultrasound scanner for CDC at a cost of £5,460 and with the help of a generous donation of £3,686 from the Mildenhall Freemason’s Lodge we contributed £1,514 for ancillaries...
The new President of AKPA
Professor John Bradley is the new president of Addenbrooke's Kidney Patients Association. Following the death of Professor Sir Roy Calne in January this year, Professor John Bradley has agreed to become President of AKPA. Professor Bradley has been AKPA Vice President...
Christmas Carol Service 2024
Christmas Carols, Songs and Readings Saturday 7th December 2024 at 3.00pm The wonderful St Augustine’s Singers will be giving solo performances  and joining with the congregation  to sing some traditional carols.. We will be welcoming children from a local...
Christmas Cards 2023 + Fundraising Update
Update: Sales of AKPA Christmas cards in the run up to Christmas were again and were very successful, raising a total of. £1,577 Please help raise funds. All proceeds go to AKPA. We have a selection of Christmas Cards available for purchase now. Please help to raise...
World Kidney Day 9 March 2023
World Kidney Day 9 March 2023 On Thursday 9 March, World Kidney Day 2023, talk about your experiences with your friends, family, colleagues, your social media followers and local media – sharing what it is like to live with kidney disease will really help to raise...
Scientists regenerate kidneys
Scientists regenerate kidneys to reverse diabetes damage in mice. An international team of scientists has found a way to regenerate kidneys damaged by disease, restoring function and preventing kidney failure. The discovery could drastically improve treatments for...
MicroRNA discovery
MicroRNA discovery opens up new target for novel diabetes treatments. As many of us also have to contend with diabetes in addition to kidney disease I thought this might be of interest. A new large-scale genetic analysis has revealed a set of small RNA molecules,...
Bio-artificial Kidney
A team at UCFS (University of California and San Francisco) have developed an artificial transplant kidney that one day they hope will replace our diseased kidneys. I contacted them at the end of last year and they responded as follows: Currently, we are awaiting...