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ese stem cells are then co-cultured with the same person's bone marrow cells. This gives them 'direction' to develop into bone marrow cells.

These cells are then infused into the recipient's liver and protect the kidney from rejection when it is transplanted. Patients can resume normal activity within 10 days of the operation.

Ten-year-old Riya Patel, Trivedi's youngest patient, bears witness to the efficacy of the procedure. With both her kidneys having failed, her US-based parents approached several doctors in Nadiad of Kheda district, adjoining Ahmedabad, where their relatives came to know about Trivedi.

"Our anxiety vanished after we talked to Dr. Trivedi," said Riya's mother Kavita, who donated her kidney to her daughter. Riya was operated upon June 1 and has recovered well. "Riya is active like other children and all her reports are normal," said her parents, who hope to soon take their daughter with them to the US.

Nalin, 34, too had consulted many doctors after his kidneys failed. Now, a fortnight after his operation, the welder from the coastal town of Porbander in western Gujarat said he was feeling fine.

"He could not even walk before. But now he is able to move about," said his wife Jyoti who donated her kidney for the transplant. "Doctor saheb is like god for us," she said.

Ikram came here from Ajmer in neighbouring Rajasthan and was operated upon three weeks back. "I am very thankful to the doctors for curing me," said Ikram, 37, who works in a general store.

Hemant, 29, a driver in the Kutch collectorate in northwestern Gujarat too underwent a successful transplant about five weeks back.

Trivedi, who returned to India from Canada in 1977 with the dream of developing an affordable treatment for kidney failure, has treated about 800 patients since his first transplant in 1998.

Source:(IANS)
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