Prof Paul Cockwell, Consultant Nephrologist of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK gave a superb talk about the NEPHSTROM project at the annual conference of the UK Renal Association. The conference was held in Harrogate, England from 19-21 June 2018 during the UK Kidney Week. It was co-organised by the British Renal Society and the Renal Association.
Paul’s talk, “Mesenchymal stromal cells for human kidney disease: NEPHSTROM and beyond” provided the context for using MSCs in combatting disease, including the biological basis for their use, provided an overview of MSCs in relationship to human kidney disease, gave a detailed update of the NEPHSTROM project and concluded with how MSCs could be used as stratified medicine agents in kidney disease.