How do the clinical objectives of transplantation differ from those of vaccination?
What will be an ideal response?
Vaccination is used to stimulate a very specific, long-lasting immune response against a pathogen that provides protection in the event of subsequent encounter. The objective of transplantation, however, to suppress the immune response to eliminate the rejection of a graft that bears foreign epitopes.
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