BREAKING NEWS

Doctors report transplant breakthrough

As reported in the Jan. 24 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, four of five patients participating in a trial of an experimental protocol designed to induce immune tolerance to HLA-mismatched kidney transplants have been able to discontinue immunosuppressive drugs.

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Experimental procedure induces tolerance to mismatched kidney transplants

Read the report:

HLA-mismatched renal transplantation without maintenance immunosuppression
New England Journal of Medicine, Jan. 24, 2008

Watch an interview with transplant patient Jennifer Searl:

In other publications:

Organ transplants without the drugs
Time, Jan. 31, 2008

A successful mixture: Transplanting immune-system stem cells along with kidneys stops rejection
The Economist, Jan. 24

Rejecting defeat: Scientist triumphs after setback in kidney transplant method
Boston Globe, Jan. 24

Organ transplant without lifelong drugs
WebMD, Jan. 24, 2008

Some transplant patients OK without years of drug treatment
Chicago Tribune, Jan. 24

Doctors report transplant breakthrough
Associated Press (via San Jose Mercury News), Jan. 23

Marrow injections help kidney transplant success
Reuters, Jan. 23

New therapies could change organ transplants
HealthDay News, Jan. 23

Study: Transplant patients stop rejection drugs
All Things Considered/National Public Radio, Jan. 23

Organ Transplant Patients Thrive Without Immune-Subduing Drugs
Bloomberg News, Jan. 24

Organ transplants without rejection
Nature.com, Jan. 23

Transplant goal 'one step closer'
BBC News, Jan. 24