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Volume 155, Number 21 (May 22, 1999)

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Bone marrow boosts transplant success

A study of nearly 400 patients shows that giving transplant recipients infusions of donor bone marrow cells along with the donated organ reduces the rejection rate.

References:

Salgar, S.K. . . . and A.S. Rao. 1999. Induction of donor-specific tolerance by bone marrow infusion in organ allograft recipients. Experimental Biology '99 Meeting. April. Washington, D.C.

Sources:

Abdul S. Rao
University of Pittsburgh
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 21, May 22, 1999, p. 331. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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