As you are aware, kidney transplant recipients depend on daily, life-long immunosuppressive medicines that are burdensome to both them and their caregivers, significantly disrupting their everyday lives.

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Additionally, immunosuppressive medicines do not prevent chronic rejection or chronic allograft nephropathy and they carry the risk of infection, cancer, neurotoxicity, and other health complications that may affect the longevity of a newly transplanted kidney, including:

• Nephrotoxicity
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease