My father died from kidney failure; so I've seen first-hand just how horrible kidney disease can be.

On the bright side, I have a mate who's become a living donor and given one of his kidneys to his brother, vastly increasing his brother's quality of life (and slowing the former ultra-marathon runner down to my kind of speed).

Kidney disease is a terrible thing.  Any contribution to kidney research is money well-spent.  Thank you.