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Nature Reviews Immunology 8, 164 (1 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/nri2289

Drug-free after transplantation

Kirsty Minton

Most transplant recipients need to take immunosuppressive drugs for the rest of their lives to prevent rejection, but these drugs are expensive and have severe side effects. Three studies in The New England Journal of Medicine (24 January 2008) provide “hope these patients [transplant recipients] will be off drugs for the rest of their lives,” according to David Sachs, lead author of one of the papers (Los Angeles Times, 26 January 2008).