Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have pinpointed the immune system mechanism that allows a kidney transplant to be accepted without lifelong immunosuppressive drugs, a significant step toward reducing or eliminating the need for costly and potentially toxic immunosuppressant drugs and improving long-term transplant success. The study is published in Science Translational Medicine. Using a new technique for identifying and tracking specific cells, combined with … Continue reading Kidney transplant tolerance mechanism identified.