02-80-0031_EAJ_JNSW_Sum09_Int.indd20 INTRODUCTION According to recent data, more than 76,000 individuals are currently listed for a deceased donor kidney transplant in the United States (United Network for Organ Sharing, 2008). Between 5 and 20 of those individuals die every day as a result of a chronic shortage of deceased donor kidneys (OPTN/SRTR Annual Report, 2007). Roughly another 20 million individuals in the United States h
