New antibody aims to slow kidney damage – “It’s kind of cool”

Globally, more than 850 million people are estimated to suffer from chronic kidney disease. In Sweden, more than 10 percent of the population is believed to have some degree of this common condition, which can, for example, be caused by diabetes-related complications.

Many people are unaware that they have the disease, says Marie Jeansson, associate professor at Karolinska Institutet in Huddinge and Uppsala University, in an interview with Life Science Sweden.