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Laurel DamashekOctober 13, 20253 min read

Day 2: PARASOL APOL1 & MN Kickoff

The October 10 sessions of the PARASOL kickoff meeting for APOL1 kidney disease and ...
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Laurel DamashekOctober 10, 20251 min read

Day 1 Highlights: PARASOL APOL1 & MN Kickoff

The PARASOL APOL1 and MN kickoff meeting in Minneapolis on October 9, 2025 convened ...
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Laurel DamashekSeptember 26, 20253 min read

PARASOL Project Expands Focus to APOL1, Membranous Nephropathy

The organizing committee of PARASOL (PROTEINURIA AND OTHER BIOMARKERS AS ENDPOINTS FOR ...
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Dr. Howard TrachtmanOctober 15, 20243 min read

PARASOL Project Advances Understanding of Proteinuria in FSGS

BETHESDA, Md. October 14, 2024 – A multi-stakeholder group of rare kidney disease experts ...
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Dr. Howard TrachtmanAugust 22, 2024< 1 min read

PARASOL Interim Meeting Report

After a successful meeting in December 2023 to launch the PARASOL initiative, the group ...
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Laurel DamashekApril 27, 2024< 1 min read

FSGS and NS Research Funding Opportunities Through PRMRP

The US Department of Defense includes FSGS and nephrotic syndrome as two of the priority ...
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Laurel DamashekDecember 22, 20233 min read

New Era Act Introduced in Congress

We are thrilled to share that the New Era of Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease Act ...
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Laurel DamashekDecember 20, 20232 min read

Announcing the PARASOL Project: PROTEINURIA AND GFR AS CLINICAL TRIAL ENDPOINTS IN FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS

ISGD is collaborating in a multidisciplinary effort to tackle the urgent problem of ...
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Laurel DamashekAugust 15, 20231 min read

The AFFINITY Study: Seeking 20 FSGS Patients

The AFFINITY study is a global, open-label, phase 2 basket trial evaluating the safety ...
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