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While nonspecific immunosuppressive agents have had major impact both on autoimmune disease and transplantation, the development of specific immunological tolerance holds great promise for the future. Studies of tolerance thus have both theoretical and practical implications for biology and medicine.
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Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02129-2000, USA. sachs@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
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