Q.Give scientific reason: Person who has undergone heart transplant needs lifetime supply of immunosupressants.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →A transplanted heart carries foreign (non-self) antigens that the recipient's immune system would otherwise attack and reject.
Step 1. Every person's cells carry surface markers (antigens) that the immune system uses to distinguish 'self' from 'foreign'.
Step 2. A transplanted heart comes from a different individual and therefore carries different antigens on its cells, which the recipient's immune system recognises as foreign material rather than as part of the body.
Step 3. Left unchecked, this recognition would trigger an immune attack on the transplanted heart (organ rejection), damaging or destroying it. …
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