Hurt, Courtney N. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8229-3780
Kuharic, Maja https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3696-9086
Shaunfield, Sara https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2878-7223
Beck, Juergen
Bastian, Alex
Fowler, Kevin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9240-1308
Jaeger, Emilie
May, Marcus
van den Berg, Erik
Friedewald, John https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9344-9928
Peipert, John D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5762-7881
Funding for this research was provided by:
Memo Therapeutics AG (Memo Therapeutics AG)
Article History
Received: 14 July 2025
Accepted: 15 December 2025
First Online: 7 January 2026
Declarations
:
: All procedures were approved by the Northwestern University Institutional Review Board and all participants provided informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: CH, MK, and JDP received consulting fees from Memo Therapeutics AG for conducting an independent scoping review of the literature on BK virus (BKV) impacts, which informed the rationale for the current study but was not part of the study itself. Additionally, a subset of authors (JB, AB, KF, MM, and EV) is employed by Memo Therapeutics AG. The design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation of this study were conducted independently by the academic research team without input or influence from Memo Therapeutics AG.