The ASN Foundation for Kidney Research announced the 2019 recipients of research grants to advance new understandings of--and treatments for--kidney diseases.

The Foundation will fund 46 leading researchers working to cure kidney diseases. These include 27 new projects, with 19 continuing from 2018.

Established in 2012 by the American Society of Nephrology, the Foundation funds research that will help improve the health of approximately 40 million Americans burdened by kidney diseases, the 9th leading cause of death in the United States.