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rejection
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rejection

Immune response in the recipient of a tissue or organ transplant. If rejection does not respond to treatment, the donated tissue is destroyed. Immunosuppressive drugs are used to try and prevent rejection.



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Hyperacute rejection happens immediately after the organ is transplanted where the organ necroses and then fails;
Organ and tissue transplantation: an Australian perspective by Williams, Jodie / Australian Nursing Journal
In past xenotransplants, surgeons could avoid hyperacute rejection by using organs from chimpanzees, the primate genetically most like humans.
The xeno-solution by Travis, John / Science News
reported they have successfully cloned the world's first miniature swine with a specific gene that causes hyperacute rejection eliminated.
BioTransplant Reports 2002 First Quarter Results by Business Wire
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