Can we use pieces of the gut to aid in organ transplant?

Lewis Thomson · « **on:** 24/02/2022 11:15:41 »

Martin has been thinking about this and would like some extra insight.

"If the gut has a mechanism to stop our food causing an allergic reaction to the proteins we ingest; is it possible to use excised pieces of gut to house foreign transplanted organs (i.e. kidney) and in so doing NOT get rejection."

Leave your findings in the comments below...

alancalverd · « **Reply #1 on:** 24/02/2022 11:21:11 »

Pieces of liver certainly help with most major transplants, but tissue rejection (local failure to thrive) isn't the same as allergy (systemic reaction to an allergen).

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Can we use pieces of the gut to aid in organ transplant?

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Can we use pieces of the gut to aid in organ transplant?

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