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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Ella Pickover

Fewer kidney transplants will be ‘rejected’ thanks to new specialist programme

Ellyn Laws welcomed the roll out of the new NHS Blood and Transplant scheme while awaiting her fifth kidney transplant (Handout/PA) -

The NHS is to “double match” blood for kidney transplant patients to make sure their donated kidney is less likely to be rejected.

As well as ensuring that blood is matched by type, scientists will also match white blood cells as closely as possible.

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