Cornea transplant in humans is almost never rejected.This is because 1) it's composed of enucleated cells 2) it's a non-living layer 3) it's cells are least penetrable by bacteria 4). no blood supply

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Shantanu
18 Jul
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  Lakshmi
- 18 Jul
as it is avascular i.e no blood supply
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- 14 May
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  Sudhanshu
- 28 Nov
4) no blood supply this is only the reason
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  Adhithya
- 09 Nov
answer is no blood supply. Because of the avascular nature of cornea, when we transplant it is not involved in any interaction . no lymphocytes gather over there and no phagocytosis.
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  Mehak
- 07 Nov
no blood supply
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  Yasha
- 06 Nov
there is no blood supply in the cornea as there is no supply of blood therefore the lymphocytes do not gather over here
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  Guduri
- 17 Oct
cornea is avascular epithelial tissue hence immune system will not sensitised
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- 07 Oct
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  Varun
- 04 Oct
Avascular
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