'TELLTALE SKIN' TO HELP LUNG TRANSPLANTS
Daily Mirror UK|April 16, 2024
Grafted patches will warn of organ rejection
LUCY THORNTON and ELLA PICKOVER
'TELLTALE SKIN' TO HELP LUNG TRANSPLANTS

LUNG transplant patients will have skin patches from the same donor grafted on to help spot organ rejection early.

As the skin rejects foreign tissues faster than other organs, the patches could provide an early warning.

The procedure is to be tested in a £2million, three-year trial called Sentinel involving 152 patients.

This story is from the April 16, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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