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Developing new ways to assess kidneys so transplants last for longer

General Research

With funding from Kidney Research UK, a team of researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of Nottingham and University College London will develop ways to assess donor kidneys and predict how well they will work after transplant.

Female researcher in lab with microscope in foreground © Medical Sciences Division and John Cairns

Having a kidney transplant is the best treatment for kidney failure, but the demand for donated kidneys is high.

To save more lives, doctors are accepting kidneys from older or higher risk donors. These kidneys may work less well after transplantation. But this can be devastating as people receiving them may need to rgo back on dialysis, and wait for another transplant.

Right now, doctors cannot accurately assess donor kidneys and predict how well a transplant will work or how long a kidney will last after it is transplanted.

Thanks to the Kidney Research UK grant award of £237,626, in partnership with the Stoneygate Trust, the ADMIRE study ‘Assessing Donor kidneys and Monitoring Transplant REcipients’ aims to address this clinical challenge. 

Read the full story on the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences website.

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