Life: The Science of Biology
Life: The Science of Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781319010164
Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 41, Problem 2Q
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The given figure and summarize the patient’s survival from each type of the matched donor, the suitable donor category that is most closely approximate, and its outcomes with the untreated patient.

Life: The Science of Biology, Chapter 41, Problem 2Q

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Transplantation is a therapeutic technique by which the damaged or diseased cells, tissues, or organs are replaced with the new functioning one either from the same or from a different individual. The major problem faced by this technique is the rejection mechanism showed by the individual’s immune system due to the presence of a class of self-antigens called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC).

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