Can someone explain immune privilege? Specifically in the eyes?

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Can someone explain immune privilege? Specifically in the eyes?

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It refers to places in your body where the immune system does not attack foreign tissue. The front part of your eyeballs is a place just like that, which is why people can have lens transplants or corneas from corpses without their immune system attacking the tissue.

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