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MGH opens first-of-its-kind center to eliminate lifelong immunosuppression after organ transplant

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MGH opens first-of-its-kind center to eliminate lifelong immunosuppression after organ transplant

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health system, officially opened the Legorreta Center for Clinical Transplant Tolerance, the first-of-its kind center in the world dedicated to preventing organ rejection after transplant surgery without the use of lifelong immunosuppressive medications. Immunosuppressive medications prevent the immune system from rejecting a transplanted … Read more

‘Geneva patient’ becomes first to be cured of HIV after ‘normal’ stem cell transplant

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‘Geneva patient’ becomes first to be cured of HIV after ‘normal’ stem cell transplant

After 20 months after interrupting antiretroviral therapy, HIV was undetectable in the patient’s blood. A man known as the “Geneva patient” has become the latest person in the world to be cured of HIV after a stem cell transplant for cancer treatment. While there have been five other known cases of people who have been … Read more