Transplanted organs from women more likely to be rejected

Patients who receive organs from female donors are more likely to reject the transplant than those who have organs from a male donor, according to the results of a new large study. Mortality was also found to be higher among this group.

Researchers at the University of Heidelberg in Germany who analysed a worldwide database of more than 124 000 kidney transplants, 25 000 heart transplants and 16 000 …