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Question
Transplantation of tissues/organs to save certain patients often fails due to rejection of such tissues/organs by the patient. Which type of immune response is responsible for such rejections?
Options
Auto-immune response
Humoral immune response
Physiological immune response
Cell-mediated immune response
Solution
Cell-mediated immune response
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- Identify and define the type of immune response that is responsible for the rejection of the grafted organ.
- Suggest a clinical method by which the rejection of the transplanted organ can be prevented.
