L.A. Doctors report transplant breakthrough
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In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
The treatment involved weakening the patient's immune system, then giving the recipient bone marrow from the person who donated the organ. In one experiment, four of five kidney recipients were off immune-suppressing medicines up to five years later.
This is really a huge breakthrough that could save patients a lifetime of suffering.
The treatment involved weakening the patient's immune system, then giving the recipient bone marrow from the person who donated the organ. In one experiment, four of five kidney recipients were off immune-suppressing medicines up to five years later.
This is really a huge breakthrough that could save patients a lifetime of suffering.
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- woodywoodbeck
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Check out this link, 2008 is already shaping up to be a great year for the medical world...
http://current.com/items/88821737_ever_feel_like_your
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