An eight-year-old girl had her immune system “reprogrammed” before a kidney transplant in a UK first that will spare her a lifelong drug regimen.
Aditi Shankar had a stem cell transplant using bone marrow taken from her mother, who also donated the kidney. The treatment means that the new kidney works without the need for Aditi to take immunosuppressant drugs to stop her body rejecting it.
Immunosuppressants work by dampening the body’s immune system. Although this can be vital to prevent a body from rejecting a transplanted organ, it leaves patients more vulnerable to infection and complications.
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