Welcome from the Program Director

Welcome to the new website of the KRESCENT Program.  It gives me great pleasure to introduce the Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training Program, better known as KRESCENT Read more...

People who get kidney stones are twice as likely to develop kidney failure: U of A medical research

People who have had kidney stones are twice as likely to need dialysis or kidney transplants later in life, demonstrates recently published findings by medical researchers at the University of Alberta. Read more...

Incidence and causes of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal children and young adults

Dr. Samuel, a Krescent Fellow and colleagues from The Pediatric Renal Outcomes Canada Group (PROCG), published a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal evaluating the incidence rates and causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among Aboriginal children and young adults compared to white Canadians. Read more...