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Explain why the transplant recipient can have a different blood type than the donor and still have a successful transplant.

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Patients with living donors who do not have a matching blood type can still receive a successful kidney transplant. The Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center pioneered a method of removing harmful antibodies prior to transplant. This method is called plasmapheresis.

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