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THE finding that allogeneic pig liver transplants frequently survive for a significantly prolonged period of time even without immunosuppression has led to a new line of research1,2. Calne and his colleagues have shown that the recipient of an allogeneic liver transplant showed partial tolerance towards kidney, and to a lesser extent towards skin transplants, when these were obtained from the same animal as was the liver.
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VAN ROOD, J., VAN LEEUWEN, A. & VAN SANTEN, M. Anti HL-A2 Inhibitor in Normal Human Serum. Nature 226, 366–367 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226366a0
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