Survival after kidney transplant from non-matching live donor is good

Patients who receive a kidney transplant from an HLA incompatible live donor show significantly better survival than those who wait for transplants from compatible deceased donors or who remain on the transplant waiting list, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found.1

Many patients who need kidney transplantation have anti-HLA antibodies. This can make it difficult to find a deceased kidney donor because the donor’s HLA type needs to match the recipient’s. Experts have reported promising findings with …