A Brief History of kidney Transplantation?

Answer 1

1902 - The first sucessful experimental kidney transplants were performed at the Vienna Medical School in Austria with animal.

1909 - The first kidney transplant experiments were performed in humans in France using animal kidneys.

1933 - The first human-to-human kidney transplant was performed

1940 - Sir Peter Medawar at the University of London proved the immunologic basis of organ rejection.

1954 - Joeseph E. Murray and his colleagues at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston performed the first truly successful kidney transplant from one twin to another. This was done without any immunosuppressive medication.

1980s and 1990s - New tecniques, new medications and new patient information have helped make kidney transplants a safer, more effective and more routine procedure