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Immunosuppressant, or Anti-rejection

A drug that it is designed to suppress the body's own immune system. Usually, we hear about immunosuppressants in regard to organ transplants. Transplant recipients have to take immunosuppressants to stop their own immune system from rejecting the organs they have received.



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