Have you heard stories in which doctors are transplanting bone marrow during kidney transplants? The procedure has enabled several patients to accept their transplanted kidney without immunosuppressive drugs.

If you have an interest in learning more about this relatively new procedure, make sure you read the July 2008 issue aakpRENALIFE.
 
The article, Kidney Transplant & Marrow Transplant Too?, by renowned transplant surgeons, Amy L. Friedman, MD, FACS, and Thomas G. Peters, MD, FACS, FASN, gives you the pros and cons of the operation.
 
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This article originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Kidney Transplant Today.