Gene Mutation Increases Drug Toxicity, Rejection Risk in Pediatric Kidney Transplants

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Screening for mutations in a gene that helps the body metabolize a kidney transplant anti-rejection drug may predict which children are at higher risk for side effects, including compromised white blood cell count or organ rejection, according to new research.

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Singapore to examine kidney trading

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Singapore is considering legalizing kidney trading to help meet demand for kidney transplants, the city-state's health minister said Monday

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Organ trafficking cracked down upon in the Phillippines

Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (www.nytimes.com)

Poor Filipinos can make between $2000 and $10,000 (USD) by selling kidneys to sick foreigners. This has been illegal for many years, but a sixty percent increase in illegal kidney "donations" between 2004 and 2006 has sparked the government of the Phillippines to forbid foreign kidney donations entirely. With the exception of foreigners related by blood to Filipino citizens, this part of the Phillippines' medical tourism industry is to come to an end.

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