Good News About Marrow Injections

Organ transplants without rejection

jane2007 submitted, created time 11 months 2 weeks (www.nature.com)

Three independent research teams have successfully performed organ transplantations that do not require the recipient to face a lifetime of immunosuppressant drugs to prevent rejection. Instead, the new techniques prevent rejection by training the immune system to recognize the new organ as its own.

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