(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A special transplant operation will soon take place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Will County resident Jamie O'Connor will donate a kidney to her 30-year-old son, Austin on Monday. The Herald News reported the two are also taking part in a clinical research study --with Jamie's donating stem cells to her son, who will have a dual immune system and be able to generate new immune cells in his own bone marrow.
Austin will be able to accept the donated kidney without needing anti-rejection medication-sometimes up to 20 pills a day.
These pills can cause side effects... messing up the kidney function and causing diabetes and/or high blood pressure, so not having to take them -will put Austin on a better road to good health.
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