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Fighting chronic rejection of transplanted organs
In many diseases the only available cure is organ transplantation. However, if the transplanted organ does not derive from an identical twin (which is genetically identical to the recipient) it becomes rejected by the immune system of
Could the organ shortage ever be met?
A commonly expressed view is that increasing the number of donors will solve the organ shortage and in the UK there has been a 58 per cent increase in deceased organ donations from 2007-8 to 2014-15. The
