The recipient's immune system rejects tissue grafted from a genetically dissimilar donor (of the same species) and stages an immune attack against it. Also referred to as a "homograft rejection" or simply "transplant rejection".


From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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