The National Kidney Registry (NKR) recently marked a new milestone: 2,000 successful low eplet mismatch kidney transplants facilitated through the Kidney for Life (KFL) program.
The KFL initiative uses advanced DNA sequencing technology to analyze the biological match between kidney transplant recipients and living kidney donors. This helps ensure the best possible match so the transplanted kidney can last as long as possible—potentially for the patient’s entire life.
“Reaching this milestone demonstrates the power of applying increasingly precise data to kidney matching,” said Matt Ronin, NKR VP of Data Analytics. “By looking beyond traditional antigen-level matching and analyzing compatibility at the eplet level, we can identify opportunities that might otherwise be missed and expand the potential for well-matched living donor transplants, giving more kidney patients the chance for a longer, healthier life.”
The KFL initiative now has 28 participating transplant centers. For more information about the KFL, see this video or visit the KFL website.
About the National Kidney Registry
The National Kidney Registry (www.kidneyregistry.com) is an organization with the mission to save and improve the lives of people facing kidney failure by increasing the quality, speed, and number of living donor transplants while protecting all living donors.