Therapy helps hard-to-transplant get a new kidney
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_on_he_me/med_healthbeat_more_kidney_transplants"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081013/capt.7c63af8a2c7a4c00aa0f2889b53c82b5.healthbeat_more_kidney_transplants_wx109.jpg?x=130y=88q=85sig=3_O_e0czG_0jr9A.t7LDiQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Cynthia Preloh, with her husband Brian Preloh, rests in her hospital room after a kidney transplant at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Preloh underwent an unusual procedure that allowed her to receive a kidney from her son, a kidney that she would otherwise have rejected. Preloh wasn't expected to survive the wait for a standard cadaver kidney. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nearly one in three patients who need a kidney transplant may never get one because their bodies are abnormally primed to attack a donated organ. Now doctors are trying new ways to outwit the immune system and save more of those so-called highly sensitized patients — often with kidneys donated by living donors, considered the optimal kind.</p><br clear="all"/>

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