99.08.25 - Doctors succeed in forgoing antirejection drugs in treansplant. Doctors succeed in forgoing antirejection drugs in transplant. A new form of bone marrow transplant allowed a kidney transplant patient to continue her recovery without using anti-rejection drugs. The double transplants, including a kidney from the patient's sister, created a state of tolerance to the transplanted organs.
Doctors succeed in forgoing antirejection drugs in transplant.
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