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The first successful human organ transplant in the United States was performed
on December 23, 1954. On that date, a kidney was transplanted
from a living donor who was an identical twin of the recipient. Since then,
organ transplantation technology has improved enormously, with the
principal source of that improvement being the discovery of new immunosuppressive
drugs and the increased knowledge of how to use them to prevent
organ rejection more effectively. Among the more important discoveries
has been the drug cyclosporine, which was approved for commercial use in
the United States in 1983. Subsequently, as this drug has become more
widely prescribed, as new immunosuppressants have been discovered, as
experience has been gained in administering them, and as surgical techniques
have advanced, transplant success rates have improved dramatically.
Today, one-year patient survival rates have reached between 76 and 94
percent for heart, liver, pancreas, and kidney transplant recipients.
David L. Kaserman and A. H. Barnett - Personal Name
0-8447-4170-1
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English
2002
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