-Method found to Decrease Kidney Transplant Rejection
http://www.boston.com/news/health/blog/2008/01/mass_general_tr.html
News: Massachusetts General Hospital research team found that by matching patients with kidneys different from their own tissue type and by mixing in a donor's bone marrow with the patients at the time of operation, there were fewer cases of the kidney being rejected both short and long term.
Impact: Anyone needing to have a kidney transplant could hope to use this method for a better outcome.
Context: Currently, within a 10-year post-transplant period, half of all kidneys are rejected by the body.
Human Element: Dr. David Sachs, a Harvard professor, has spent his career trying to induce organ tolerance and says that he thinks this is groundbreaking research.
What's Next: Seeing if patients treated with this new method will have as many problems down the road as their previous counterparts that did not receive the treatment.
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