Your spit can decode kidney disease

Join a nationwide study from the comfort of your home. By sharing a simple saliva sample, you’ll help researchers discover better ways to prevent and treat kidney disease.

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Research Study of the Genetics of Kidney Disease

Step 1

Join the study and share some health information.

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Return your saliva sample to us for analysis.

Step 4

Researchers make discoveries that can lead to new treatments or therapies.

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Your DNA is analyzed along with 1,000s of others to make discoveries.

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How It Works

Receive a FREE Ancestry Report as a thank you. We will measure the similarity of your DNA to reference groups of individuals from many different regions around the world. Find out your roots!

Ever wonder about your ancestry?

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Note: the study does not return individual DNA results.

Why Participate?

Convenient, Inclusive, Quick & Secure Study - This study is fully remote and can take less than 30 minutes — Open to anyone 18 years or older, whether you have had kidney disease or not.

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Help Advance Medical Research - Kidney diseases can affect anyone — join to take action that can lead to new treatment or prevention options.

Receive a FREE Ancestry Report - You'll be eligible to receive a fine-scale genetic ancestry as a thank you!

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