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Organ Transplantation
Also Known As Organ Transplant
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Organ transplantation is the surgical transfer of a functioning organ from a donor to a recipient. The first successful transplant of a solid organ, a kidney, was performed in 1954 by a team led by Joseph Murray between identical twins, which avoided the immune rejection that had defeated earlier attempts; transplantation of other organs and between non-identical donors followed once effective immunosuppressive drugs were developed in subsequent decades. This atlas describes the history of the treatment and is not medical advice.
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1. A History of Medicine
Lois N. Magner, CRC Press
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationTreats: Chronic Kidney Disease, Lead sectionQuote, Treats: Chronic Kidney Disease, Lead section
Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD).
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