Nephrologists are working towards an improved understanding of how to prevent the progression of kidney disease. Dr. Scott Brimble MD FRCPC will discuss potential new therapies for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and polycystic liver disease.
What are ethics and how do they impact organ donation and transplantation? How young is too young to be a living donor? What's wrong with "transplant tourism"? Michael Campbell will answer these questions and more.
Animal and human studies are increasing our understanding of the molecular and cellular pathology of the most common inherited kidney disease in the world - autosomal dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, which affects about 1 in 500 people. Dr. Moumita Barua will discuss current and potential treatment options.
Bruce Holub, Nutritional Science Professor Emeritus of the University of Guelph, will give a free public talk on the possibility of slowing the progression of Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Kidney expert Dr. David Russell MD, FCRP, (McMaster University) will review the historical development of transplantation, how it works, and what the benefits are in terms of quality of life and longevity.
Todd Dennis will participate in the PKD Foundation of Canada's nation-wide efforts to raise more than CDN$60,000 for research on polycystic kidney disease in 2011.
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