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...before the transplant surgery, Sachs' team used drugs that target and eliminate these cells to wipe the immune slate clean. Then the team transplanted the kidney along with donor bone-marrow cells. What happened next was surprising: the bone marrow rebuilt the immune system but this time as a chimera???a hybrid of both the donated organ's cells and the body's own. The donated organ could then be accepted instead of rejected...
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