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How does organ transplants work?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 5/8/2023

It's a case of removing an organ that no longer funcions and replacing it with a similar organ that (hopefully) does function (either 'functions correctly' or at least 'functions better than the previous organ'). Obviously with a lot of post-transplant medication afterwards.

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