An artificial heart is less likely to be rejected by the body's immune system because it's made from metals or plastics, which the body doesn't recognize as 'foreign' and attack in the same way as living tissue.
Un cuore artificiale ha meno probabilità di essere rigettato dal sistema immunitario perché è fatto di metalli o plastiche, che il corpo non riconosce come "estranei" allo stesso modo dei tessuti viventi.
| Front | Why would an artifical heart be less likely to be rejected by the body's immune system? |
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| Back | Because they are made from metals or plastics, so the body doesn't recognise them as "foreign" and attack in the same way as it does with living tissue. |
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