The most natural treatment
Health in man is dependent on well-functioning organs. Some organs may fail soon after birth, as in different inherited disorders, others later in life. When losing adequate function, this can be artificially corrected by, for instance, dialysis in end stage renal disease or insulin treatment in diabetes caused by insufficient pancreatic endocrine function. For some organs, such as the liver, no artificial replacement therapy is available and liver failure in an otherwise healthy person will end the life of this person.
Today, we know a great deal about the different functions of our various organs, but far from everything we need to know to be able to artificially replace those functions completely. Organ replacement and repair by transplantation compensates fully for the lost function, i.e. all functions including those yet not discovered, simply because those organs and cells know exactly what to do. Therefore, transplantation is the most natural treatment for a failing organ. Organs have developed over millions of years to possess the knowledge and functions necessary to maintain a good quality of life for the host.
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Karolinska Institutet
Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology
Division of Transplantation Surgery
Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge
SE-141 86 Stockholm