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Renal and Small Bowel Transplantation and Rejection

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Medical science has made a lot of noteworthy advancements across many fields. One of the most celebrated advancements is transplantation. There are many types of transplants, but in this article, we're going to discuss renal transplant as well as  renal transplant rejection.  We will also touch briefly on the s mall bowel transplant rejection . Let us first discuss what transplant and transplant rejection actually means. Transplantation is a medical process, where a specific organ is removed from the body and then replaced with a healthy organ from a donor. Transplant rejection is when the new organ that has been transplanted into the recipient’s body starts to get rejected. Rejection is when the transplanted tissue gets attacked and destroyed by the recipient's own body. There can be many reasons for rejection, let's delve into a few!       Causes of Transplant Rejection Our immune system's primary job is to protect us from foreign particles such as germs, toxi...