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Cancer drug reverses transplant rejection

China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-29 07:37

A drug used to treat cancer has proven effective at stopping the body from rejecting a transplanted organ when other treatments failed, a study published on Saturday found.

US researchers administered the drug, bortezomib, to six patients whose immune systems were attacking transplanted kidneys and who did not respond to traditional anti-rejection treatments.

In each case, the drug promptly reversed the rejection, improved organ function, provided prolonged reductions in antibody levels and suppressed recurrent rejection for at least five months.

Cancer drug reverses transplant rejection

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