'TELLTALE SKIN' TO HELP LUNG TRANSPLANTS

Grafted patches will warn of organ rejection

- LUCY THORNTON and ELLA PICKOVER

LUNG transplant patients will have skin patches from the same donor grafted on to help spot organ rejection early.

As the skin rejects foreign tissues faster than other organs, the patches could provide an early warning.

The procedure is to be tested in a £2million, three-year trial called Sentinel involving 152 patients.