Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Woman receives ‘incompatible’ kidney with ground-breaking operation

From The Times February 5, 2010

A British woman has undergone a life-saving kidney transplant after having her blood plasma frozen and filtered to ensure that the organ was not rejected.

Maxine Bath, 41, is the first person in the world to have the groundbreaking operation, which allowed her to receive an “incompatible” donor kidney from her sister despite having dangerously low blood pressure.

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