Major international clinical trial on diabetic kidney disease now underway at NUIG

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A major clinical trial on diabetic kidney disease is now underway at four EU locations including NUI Galway. The university is co-ordinating NEPHSTROM – a major EU-funded research project that is now actively enrolling patients. The project team is carrying out a randomised, placebo controlled clinical trial of a new cell therapy to treat diabetic kidney disease. The therapy being tested was discovered by Dr Stephen Elliman of Orbsen Therapeutics based at NUI Galway. For more on this story, tune into Galway Bay fm news…