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Immunosuppressive medication

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Immunosuppressive medication
Drugs given to a transplant recipient to prevent his or her immune system from attacking the transplanted organ.


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This might preclude the use of immunosuppressive medications to prevent allorejection.
Even if the transplant is successful, you have to take immunosuppressive medication for the rest of your life.
After two weeks, 80 percent of the mice accepted the transplant, and continued to act as if the cells were their own without needing immunosuppressive medication for up to 10 months.
 
 
 
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