Treatment Boosts Survival Rates For Some Kidney Transplant Patients

Approximately one in three kidney failure patients have antibodies that make it hard to receive a kidney transplant. But a new treatment can clean their blood of the antibodies prior to transplant. The patients who received it had a much higher survival Read More...

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Posted Jul 28 2011, 02:00 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog