291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging

4578.994 - 4603.019 Venki Ramakrishnan

It's given to transplant recipients to prevent organ rejections. And you wouldn't want to take an immunosuppressant all your life. I mean, if you're an organ recipient, you would, because otherwise you'd die, you'd reject your organ. But the equation's different if you're normally healthy. Why would you want to risk infection? And then it has all sorts of other side effects.