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No, the German method isolates cells from the donor'S immune system and manipulates them in a way or treats them with agents that over 5 days period they chnage their superficial structure so that the receiver's system does not recognize them as alien anymore. then transplanted, the donor cells reprogram the receiver's immune system to not recognoize foreign cells from the donor's body, or better: the receiver'S system "learns" from the new cells the cell structure of the donor's physis - the scientists admit they just registrated the effect and take benefit of it, but do not know how it is internally functioning. Thus you can transplan tissue and organs from the donar's body wirthout triggering hostile reacion by the receiver's immune system. no wonder drugs, no heavy medication needed anymore. The immune system seem to consist of a wider diversity of different cell types, as I understand the article, and only one type of these does not accept to be reprogrammed. It is this cell type only the remaining drug (of once three) is needed for, in significantly lesser dosis (instead of heavy dosis before). Negative side effects and feeling bad of the patients from this lower medication do not compare to the comlications you see today. The method is not limited to just some kinds of organ transplantations. Since it generally reprograms the receiver'S immune system, you can transplant whatever you want. Also, the probability of the body refusing the foreign organ, as I understand the article, is very massively reduced (it currently is a high risk despite the heavy medication at the present), of the eight himan patients treated with this method, seven showed no sign of organ rejection whatever, and the last one only minor symptoms.It does not compare to the two methods caspofunghi has briefly lined out. reading it the first time, I immediately became aware that this acchievement is great stuff. And best of all, it does not seem to include heavy use of any cost-intensive procedures or medicvation. But that is my (novices) subjebctive perception- what it cost in reality they did not refer to. but when they think it is so convincing as to become new medical standard within just three years, it cannot be too expensive, i guess.