About KaroKidney
The Karolinska Kidney Research Network – KaroKidney – was initiated in 2010 as a joint research effort between the renal-, transplantation-, pediatric- and pathology departments at Karolinska University Hospital.
KaroKidney is a translational kidney research cluster based in Stockholm, Sweden. KaroKidney promotes programs for synergistic collaborations between basic and clinical researchers that will lead to discoveries and better healthcare strategies aimed at improving outcome for patients with kidney disease.
Biobank
KaroKidney's expanding biobank currently contains more than 1000 renal biopsies (>650 native kidney biopsies from adult patients, 200 pediatric patients, 230 living donors and > 100 transplanted patients) and >450 arterial biopsies from patients with ESRD and healthy controls. The tissue is stored in ways that allows analysis of both morphology and RNA/protein expression.
Patient representative
- Björn Nilsson
Patient representative. - Swedish Kidney Foundation
National patient organisation. Vice chairman and treasurer. - Swedish Kidney Foundation Stockholm Gotland
Regional patient organisation. Chair and treasurer. - Njurfonden
Fundraising organisation. Board member and treasurer. - Livet som GÃ¥va
Patient organisation. Board member and treasurer.
Collaboration
KaroKidney is a collaboration between researchers from ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ and Karolinska University Hospital.