USC, UKRO Partner To Establish Kidney Research Center.

Los Angeles Business  (9/21, Subscription Publication) reports, "The University of Southern California and the nonprofit University Kidney Research Organization have partnered to establish the USC/UKRO Kidney Research Center at USC's Keck School of Medicine." According to the article, "UKRO, a Los Angeles-based group that supports medical research for the causes, treatments and prevention of kidney disease, made an initial $3.5 million pledge to support the establishment of the center, which will conduct both basic and applied research programs at USC." The new "center will be operated under the auspices of the Keck School of Medicine's nephrology division, chaired by Dr. Vito M. Campese, professor of medicine, who also chairs UKRO's Medical Scientific Advisory Board."