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Upon his discharge in 1947, Murray joined an experimental transplant group at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, where he had served during his residency. In 1954, he performed the first human kidney transplant between a pair of identical twins...
...following years, Murray fine-tuned the transplant procedure, examining the various methods of acquisition of organs and the prevention of an immunologic response against the donated organ. In particular, he studied drug and X-ray treatments as methods of modifying the body's response to foreign tissue...
...Murray performed the first kidney transplant on non-identical twins, and over the following 22 years, he conducted successful pancreas, liver, heart, lung and heart-and-lung transplants...
...AIDS, is primarily transmitted though vaginal or anal intercourse without a condom or through sharing intravenous needles with an infected person. It may also be passed from mother to baby during pregnancy or labor, and possibly through breast feeding. The remaining routes of transmission (blood transfusion, oral sex, organ transplant, etc.) present only extremely minor risks (on the order of one in hundreds of thousands). There is an insufficient amount of the virus in saliva and even an "open" blister to present a danger of transmission. Compared to other viruses, HIV survives only a very short time outside the body...
...isolated the faulty gene responsible for his rare condition. In an article in Cell, researchers report that the mutation causes immune cells to produce defective copies of a receptor for interleukin-2, one of the most important molecular regulators of the body's defense system. Eventually scientists hope to transplant normal copies of the gene into the blood cells of affected children, thereby curing them. The research might also lead to new strategies for restoring the damaged immune system of people who suffer from AIDS...