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Precision medicine CanPREVENT AMR: Applying precision medicine technologies in Canada to prevent antibody mediated rejection and premature kidney transplant loss

PROJECT LEAD(S)/CO-LEAD(S) Paul Keown, Stirling Bryan (University of British Columbia), Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze (McGill University), & Timothy Caulfield (University of Alberta)
COMPETITION/ FUNDING OPPORTUNITY Genome Canada 2017 Large-Scale Applied Research Competition: Genomics and Precision Health
PROJECT START DATE April 1, 2018
PROJECT END DATE March 31, 2025
ALBERTA’S ROLE Co-Lead

Chronic kidney disease affects 1 in 10 Canadians with estimated costs of over $2 billion/year. This project will employ genetic technologies to: 1) reduce the risk of rejection through better donor-patient matching, 2) monitor the immune response after transplant to predict AMR, 3) enable personalized treatment with powerful drugs to prevent rejection while avoiding infection or cancer, and 4) study the legal, ethical, societal and economic considerations of introducing these strategies into clinical practice to improve quality of life and reduce health-care costs. The team will develop a program to prevent AMR and promote lifetime survival of the transplanted kidney.

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