AQA GCSE Biology · 8461
Specification 4.2.2.4, 4.5.3.3 · Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Heart Valves, Transplants and Evaluating TreatmentsThe patient therefore takes immunosuppressant drugs. These reduce the immune response and make rejection less likely, but they also reduce the body’s ability to fight pathogens. This increases the risk of infectious disease.
- Revise: Treating Kidney Failure: Dialysis and Transplants
A drug that reduces immune-system activity, helping to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.