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NOTICEBOARD

World Kidney Day 2017

The theme for the 2017 campaign is
‘Obesity and the Kidney’ Did you compete in this year’s
World Kidney Day takes place in 2017 on 9th March. World Kidney Day British Transplant Games? If
is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance so, we here at the Kidney Life
of the kidneys in a joint effort to reduce the frequency and impact of office would love to hear how
kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. The you got on and see your photo-
campaign is celebrated every year on the second Thursday of March
in more than 100 countries over 6 continents. For more information graphs. Contact details are on

please go to www.worldkidneyday.org page 3.

If you are interested in the future of organ transplantation
you might like to watch the Panorama program aired on 6th
June 2016 entitled ‘Medicine’s big breakthrough. Editing
your genes.’ In this fascinating programme scientists in USA
outline their work using research pioneered in CRISPIR (a
biological system for altering DNA known as gene editing)
to create a human gene-matched whole organ pancreas for
transplantation. The recipient of the gene-matched pancreas
would – in theory at this stage – not require immune
suppressing medication post transplant.
This program is still available to watch on BBC iPlayer until April 2017. (Panorama, Season 21, Episode
17, first air date: 6th June 2016)

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