Researchers from the LUMC have developed a new method to keep donor kidneys alive outside the body for longer. The new method, published in Nature Communications, offers possibilities to refurbish rejected donor kidneys outside the body in the future and thus make them suitable for transplantation. The research can therefore contribute to increasing the donor pool and the treatment of more patients with severe kidney failure.
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LUMC strongly underpins the idea that ‘Science is the driving force behind innovative healthcare’. Outcomes of top level fundamental, translational and clinical research by LUMC researchers form a strong basis for innovative and qualitative healthcare on a national, European and international level.
A real game changer was the development of the Dutch national research agenda (NWA) in 2015. The agenda reveals the complexity of the issues challenging Dutch society today. These issues are clustered in so called routes. LUMC is involved in many of these routes and contributes this way to solving important societal challenges.