• Question: Why do peoples' bodies reject some transplants? eg blood or organs

    Asked by pizza to Kat, Andrew, Katie, Sadaf on 20 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Andrew Swale

      Andrew Swale answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      This is due to ‘incompatibility’ between the donor and the recipient due to ‘proteins’ in the blood or in the organ’s cells

      If incompatible, the body’s immune system recognises the organ/blood as a foreign body and therefore ‘attacks’ it

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