Contact +32 16 34 47 75 - appointments +32 16 34 45 80 nierziekten@uzleuven.be Contact form Address UZ Leuven gasthuisberg campusNephrologyHerestraat 493000 LeuvenDirections and services News and events UZ Leuven celebrates 5,000 kidney transplants 2 February 2022 Mid-January 2022, the 5,000th kidney transplant took place at UZ Leuven. Prof. dr. Dirk Kuypers, head of the nephrology department, looks back on a couple of historic innovations that resulted in the excellence of the Leuven kidney transplant care programme. Blood test detects rejection by antibodies following a kidney transplant 30 July 2019 Researchers involved in a European multicentre study led by Leuven-based nephrologists identified a new biomarker which, via a simple blood test, can demonstrate much earlier which patients are showing signs of rejection by antibodies following a kidney transplant. Last edit: 28 November 2022