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Heart transplant: Sirolimus improves kidney function

A new immunosuppression regimen for heart transplant patients can improve kidney function and prevent transplant coronary artery disease, according to two new Mayo Clinic studies. Heart transplant patients are required to take daily immunosuppressive medication to prevent their body from rejectin...
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Gene variants predict heart muscle damage after cardiac surgery

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery. These findings are important because current analytical methods ...
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