This bypasses the need for immune suppressants to maintain the function of the donated ovary, which is not vital for survival.

Transplantation necessitates the use of immune suppressants (cyclosporine or tacrolimus).

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (a form of lymphoma due to the immune suppressants)

Exposure to the unprecedented combination of carcinogens and immune suppressants in the dust caused shortened latency periods for cancers that would generally take far longer to develop.

The regimen includes an immune suppressant, blood-pressure medication and a drug to reduce his cholesterol.

And while modern immune suppressants have made human-to-human transplants commonplace, some scientists think xenotransplants will require new drugs or strategies.

For reasons no one seems to understand, testosterone may also be an immune suppressant.

Moreover, transplanted patients must take immune suppressants (drugs) for the remainder of their life, which can lead to additional complications.

One candidate now undergoing clinical trials is FK506, an immune suppressant developed by the Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company in Japan.

The fix: Treating the disease - with anti-inflammatories, corticosteroids, topical steroids, and/or immune suppressants - usually eliminates the rash.