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Kidney swop transplant gives woman new lease of life
Process allows medically incompatible couple to 'exchange' kidneys with another such pair
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Ms Serene Mai, a 37-year-old who suffered from kidney failure, has received a new lease of life through an arrangement called a kidney swop.
Her husband, 39-year-old administrator Kevin Wee, wanted to donate his kidney to her, but their blood groups are incompatible for a transplant - his is B+ and hers is A.
