A woman sustains irreversible damage to her left lung after being injured in a fire. Her identical twin sister, who lives in another state, offers to donate one of her lungs to her injured sibling. Would physicians view this as an organ transplant surgery with a strong chance of success?
A) Yes; the identical twins would have highly similar self-proteins, and this would likely minimize rejection by cytotoxic T cells.
B) Yes; the identical twins would have highly different self-proteins, and this would likely minimize rejection by B cells.
C) No; the identical twins would have highly similar self-proteins, and this would likely minimize rejection by cytotoxic T cells.
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