When a person gets an organ transplant the body’s immune system will reject and attack the organ because of foreign DNA. Why does this not apply to blood transfusions?

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When a person gets an organ transplant the body’s immune system will reject and attack the organ because of foreign DNA. Why does this not apply to blood transfusions?

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It’s not DNA that’s causing the problem (at least not directly), and you do have to worry about it with blood transfusions which is why blood has different types (A, AB, O-, etc.)

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