First in-human trial primes immune system to accept donor livers, UPMC study finds

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UPMC and University of Pittsburgh clinician-scientists have weaned and kept multiple liver transplantation patients off of all immunosuppressant drugs for more than three years through a first-in-human clinical trial of a unique “immune priming” therapy, according to the results of a small, early-stage trial.

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