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New transplant surgery
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Fighting rejection
The human body tends to reject
implanted organs because the
immune system attacks foreign
cells. However, by giving the
patient bone marrow from the
same donor as the transplanted
organ, the body can be
''educated'' to accept
the new organ.

SOURCES: BMT InfoNet; BoneNew England Journal of Medicine; David H. Sachs, M.D., Harvard Medical School
Graphic: Globe Staff / Hwei Wen Foo
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