The Latest Breaking News from Kidney Research UK

Lucy Davis Net Worth: How 'The Office' Star Built Her Fortune Before Cancer Diagnosis

British actress Lucy Davis, worth $4M (£3M), starred in 'The Office', 'Shaun of the Dead', and 'Wonder Woman'. Her career and recent breast cancer diagnosis have renewed public interest.

International Business Times UK · Aug 12

‘Flu-like virus turned into terrifying news I had bladder cancer’

BK virus is very common, with most who catch it picking it up in childhood like a common cold

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

Calls for adoption of action plan on disease affecting one in 10 Scots

A working group led by charity Kidney Research UK will unveil an action plan on Wednesday evening.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2024

'Step closer to a safer way of stopping kidney failure and need for dialysis in diabetics'

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares exciting research from Bristol University that will be welcome news to the 4.8 million people in the UK who have diabetes, a condition that puts them at greater risk of kidney issues

Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2023

London woman’s plea to monitor blood pressure symptoms after ‘shock’ kidney failure

Susan Riley was left in ‘total shock’ after being diagnosed with a rare kidney disease

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2023

Scots woman's kidney flown 400-miles for 'tense and emotional' life saving transplant

Margaret McCabe donated her kidney to her cousin Mary, after she began to deteriorate from a hereditary illness.

Daily Record · Feb 10, 2023

Glasgow woman's kidney flown 400 miles to London for cousin's miracle transplant

Margaret McCabe donated her kidney to her cousin Mary Morrison in 2019 but one lived in Glasgow and the other in Chelmsford - so transporting the body part proved to be a challenge.

Glasgow Live · Feb 10, 2023

Medical 'miracle' has FIVE kidneys after surviving two transplants and rare skin cancer

University lecturer Kudz Munongi underwent a double kidney transplant in 2008 and was diagnosed with a rare type of skin cancer in 2018 before getting another new kidney last year

Daily Mirror · Feb 3, 2023

University of Sunderland lecturer beat skin cancer and battled back from two kidney transplants

The 41-year-old works as a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

Chronicle Live · Jan 30, 2023

Scots dad who ended up in intensive care after falling ill on family holiday told he had kidney disease

Jamie McGregor, 49, from Edinburgh is looking to change the game for kidney disease patients in Scotland.

Daily Record · Jan 26, 2023