A research student from the Westmead Institute for Medical Research has been awarded a prestigious scholarship which will support research that aims to reduce the number of patients who experience kidney rejection after a transplant.<\/p>\n
Ms Karen Keung received the\u00a02017 RACP Jacquot Research Entry Scholarship<\/em>\u00a0for her research investigating opportunities to repurpose currently available medication into a deterrent or suppressant for kidney transplant rejection.<\/em><\/p>\n Ms Keung said the project analyses public data to identify key genes in patients who have suffered a rejection episode.<\/p>\n \u201cPost-transplant treatment for patients is the same across the globe, but unfortunately some patients experience a rejection episode.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we can determine what genes cause some people to experience a kidney transplant rejection episode, it would be possible to investigate the use of currently available medication to deter or suppress these symptoms,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Ms Keung hopes her research will lead to higher success rates for patients undergoing kidney transplants.<\/p>\n \u201cBy testing this drug repositioning strategy, we hope to reduce the number of patients who have a rejection episode after a kidney transplant.<\/p>\n \u201cWe could also skip a whole phase of clinical trials, as the side-effects from these medications have already been tested, which could significantly reduce the time-frame for possible treatments being available to patients in Australia,\u201d Ms Keung said.<\/p>\n Karen was also awarded a 2017 Transplantation Society of Australia & New Zealand (TSANZ) President\u2019s Award earlier this year for her abstract on this project.<\/p>\n Ms Karen Keung is a PhD student with the University of Sydney and is supervised by Professor Philip O\u2019Connell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A research student from the Westmead Institute for Medical Research has been awarded a prestigious scholarship which will support research that aims to reduce the number of patients who experience kidney rejection after a transplant. 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