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Bones:
Thought this was worth a mention. It's pretty bizarre to say the least....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/24/2145289.htm?section=world

Ed_McCarron:
I read that, its nuts.

Proof that eventually, stem cells will amount to something.  Just no clue what yet.

whammoed:

--- Quote ---Dr Michael Stormon says he and his colleagues were even more surprised when they found the girl's immune system had almost totally been replaced by that of the donor, meaning she no longer had to take anti-rejection drugs.

--- End quote ---

That makes no sense to me.  If she now has the immune system that came from the donor, wouldn't it attack all of her organs except the liver?  Seems she would need anti-rejection drugs even more.

Bones:

--- Quote from: whammoed on January 24, 2008, 08:48:47 pm ---That makes no sense to me.  If she now has the immune system that came from the donor, wouldn't it attack all of her organs except the liver?  Seems she would need anti-rejection drugs even more.

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Great point..... I wonder what the explantion for this not happening is.  :dunno

saint:
I would assume that her entire body adopted the immune system of the donor. Be interesting to see if this pans out and can be duplicated. Would help a lot of people.

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