Issue for Week of September 1, 2002 / Vol. 3 No. 35

Pittsburgh Reports on Effort to Reduce Frequency of Immunosuppressive Drugs Study: Livers of Donors Do Not Totally Regenerate Within Weeks Drug-Free Immunosuppression: Progress, But Not Yet "Ready for Prime Time" Transplants for HIV Patients Reported Complex, But Successful Edmonton Pancreas Islet Trial Results Termed "Very Encouraging" Mexican Pig-to-Human Islet Transplant Draws Interest and Skepticism Interest in Use of Non-Heart-Beating Organ Donors Growing AbioCor Heart Recipient Dies After Almost 10 Months Study: Alcoholism Often Leaves Liver Transplant Recipients Disoriented Japanese Researchers Report Discovery of New Immunosuppressive Drug