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Stemming the tide of rejection

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Transplant recipients require chronic administration of drugs that suppress their immune system to prevent rejection of foreign tissues. The finding in rats that grafting embryonic stem-like cells to a transplant recipient can induce tolerance to transplants has important clinical implications. (pages 171–178)

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Figure 1: Two potential paths to mixed chimerism and transplantation tolerance.

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    Scott H. Adler, Steven J. Bensinger & Laurence A. Turka

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