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Researchers examine the role of low-carb/low-sugar diets in warding off polycystic kidney disease
June 07, 2022

Fighting PKD at the Dinner Table: Researchers examine the role of low-carb/low-sugar diets in warding off polycystic kidney disease

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May 22, 2022

By Sonia Fernandez

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 - 14:45

Santa Barbara, CA

 

UC Santa Barbara molecular biologist Thomas Weimbs, left, recently welcomed Glenn Frommer, right, to the campus as the latter whizzed through Santa Barbara on a 5,300 mile Ride for PKD. The Weimbs Lab was one of the stops on this ambitious bicycle odyssey to raise awareness and research funding to find a treatment for polycystic kidney disease, which affects 600,000 Americans and more than 12.4 million people globally.

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April 14, 2022

Congratulations to all authors!

This paper describes the details of the Ren.Nu ketogenic nutritional intervention program for autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease and reports the qualitative experiences of participants.

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April 14, 2022

This was a collaboration with a research group in Thailand. Congratulations to all the authors.

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September 15, 2021

Congratulations to all authors!

Strubl S, Oehm S, Torres JA, Grundmann F, Haratani J, Decker M, Vuong S, Bhandal AK, Methot N, Haynie-Cion R, Meyer F, Siedek F, Korst U, Müller RU, Weimbs T. Ketogenic Dietary Interventions in Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)– A Retrospective Case Series Study: First insights into Feasibility, Safety and Effects. Clinical Kidney Journal (in press). 2021

August 28, 2021

Sponsored by PKD Foundation of Canada

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April 24, 2021

Diana Bruen, RDN, and Dr. Weimbs gave a presentation titled "New Insights for Nutritional Interventions for Polycystic Kidney Disease" at the recent Spring Clinical Meetings SCM21 conference of the National Kidney Foundation.

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February 06, 2021

Congratulations to the following undergraduate students who have all been awarded Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Grants to support independent research projects in the Weimbs lab. Each grant comes with $750 to support lab research. The grants are to support various research projects on polycystic kidney disease that are going on in the lab.

Congratulations to Julia Sergejeva, Claudia Do, Adriana Getman, Juliette Rebello, and Miles Ellman !

December 10, 2020

Giovannone AJ, Reales E, Bhattaram P, Nackeeran S, Monahan AB, Syed R, Weimbs T. The Habc domain of syntaxin 3 is a ubiquitin binding domain. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):21350.

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