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Antibody reduces incidence of acute rejection in high-risk kidney transplant patients

Nearly 70 percent of kidney transplant patients get short-term drug therapy initially administered during surgery to help prevent rejection. In the first direct comparison of the two drugs most commonly given to ward off acute kidney rejection, an international study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that one -- anti-thymocyte globulin -- is superior. The results also suggest the drug could potentially save millions of dollars in health care costs.

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