Aditi Shankar's immune system was "reprogrammed" after a stem cell transplant and as a result her body accepted donor kidney as its own, clinicians have told the PA news agency.Because the bone marrow transplant and the kidney were both given by the same donor - Aditi's mother - the new kidney is working without the need for the drugs which stop the body from rejecting a donor organ.

Aditi Shankar's immune system was "reprogrammed" after a stem cell transplant and as a result her body accepted donor kidney as its own, clinicians have told the PA news agency.Because the bone marrow transplant and the kidney were both given by the same donor - Aditi's mother - the new kidney is working without the need for the drugs which stop the body from rejecting a donor organ.