Organ Transplant Rejections Following Infection and COVID-19 Injections, Studies Show

Organ Transplant Rejections Following Infection and COVID-19 Injections, Studies Show
Doctors prepare for a kidney transplant in a file photo. Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images
Marina Zhang
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Most of us will never need a transplant, but for the people who do, transplants can be lifesaving.

After transplant operations, recipients are told to follow a strict drug regimen to make sure their organs are not rejected by their own immune system. Rejection can result in transplant failure and necessitate removal of the donor organ.

Marina Zhang
Marina Zhang
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Marina Zhang is a health writer for The Epoch Times, based in New York. She mainly covers stories on COVID-19 and the healthcare system and has a bachelors in biomedicine from The University of Melbourne. Contact her at [email protected].
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