Pioneering kidney transplant project launches as milestone social enterprise spin-out
Published: 26 March 2025
KEPs help to increase living donations by allowing recipients who require a kidney transplant & who have a willing but medically incompatible donor, to ‘swap’ their donor with that of another recipient, leading to a cycle of transplants. Non-directed donors may trigger chains of transplants that can also benefit multiple recipients. Algorithms developed by Prof. David Manlove (UofG) and his colleagues have been used to find optimal solutions for the UK Living Kidney Sharing Scheme (UKLKSS).