• Question: Why are some organs rejected after transplantation?

    Asked by Ilya-Schneider to Noel on 17 Mar 2015.
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      Noel Carter answered on 17 Mar 2015:

      The immune system of the person who gets the Donor organ sees the donor organ as “foreign” just like it would a bacteria and in bad cases tries to destroy it which is rejection. The person getting the organ gets drugs to dampen the immune system down to stop this and most of the time that works.

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