What’s the risk of transplants in general? How do you eliminate this risk?

When a child receives a transplanted organ, such as a kidney, he or she is given anti-rejection medication to reduce the risk of rejection of the graft. Medications are used to suppress the immune system to keep it from rejecting the donated organ. Yet this constant battle between the immune system of the body and the transplanted organ may lead to loss of the transplant after only 10-12 years even if the transplant recipient reliably takes immunosuppressive medications. Our unique approach to treating SIOD (and certain other diseases) appears to solve this dilemma.