Friday, April 27, 2012

One kidney, two transplants!

I am constantly surprised at the accomplishments of modern medicine, particularly in the area of transplant.  Of course, I'm more aware of these things nowadays, but this article is just another leap forward for the kidney transplant world.

So, the gist of the story is that a young guy gets a transplant from his sister - no big deal there, happens all the time, right?  Well, unfortunately, the new kidney gets rejected early on in the process, so... the perfectly good kidney is then re-transplanted into another person!  Yes, one kidney has now been inside 3 different people!

Read more here!

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