# Derrick Cecil Attfield — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Derrick Cecil Attfield has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [Using Stress Proteins to Help the Body Accept Organ Transplants](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/5891653/hiv-viral-load-test-bdna) — granted 1999
  A method for preventing organ transplant rejection by using stress proteins to teach the immune system to tolerate donor tissue.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/derrick-cecil-attfield

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