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Amazing!

If scientists can figure out how and why this happened, it could sure mean a world of difference for transplant patients.

1 posted on 01/25/2008 7:55:55 AM PST by TChris
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It’s amazing if it’s true.

I’d like to see this repeated on someone else. Otherwise I remain skeptical about how the blood type changed.

2 posted on 01/25/2008 7:58:27 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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Very interesting. I wonder if the donor had immunities the recipient didn’t have or vice versa. Could be interesting to see if the recipient can get chicken pox again or something similar.

Something like this could lead to putting stem cells from the donor into all major transplant recipients.


3 posted on 01/25/2008 7:59:45 AM PST by cripplecreek (Duncan Hunter, Conservative excellence in action.)
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I’m amazed but also confused. If the donors immune system is in place and accepting the donated liver why isn’t it rejecting the donnee's tissue - i.e., attacking everything but the liver?
4 posted on 01/25/2008 8:00:12 AM PST by TCats
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This opens a can of worms. A healthy person attributes a condition from a donor.
Gonna have to do detailed screens of the donor.


5 posted on 01/25/2008 8:02:12 AM PST by Larebil (My name is liberal backwards, since they backwards thinking)
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There was a story in the Chicago Tribune yesterday that talked about a study that has been done with kidney transplants. What has been done is that along with the kidney transplant, bone marrow stem cells from the donor are also implanted in the recipient. This apparently causes the recipient’s immune system to recognize the transplanted kidney as “self” and these people have been able to go without long-term immunosuppressive treatments for years.


7 posted on 01/25/2008 8:03:59 AM PST by RonF
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Amazing.


9 posted on 01/25/2008 8:04:21 AM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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the teenager's blood group had changed to the donor's blood type

The article didn't tell what the old and new blood types were. If it went from O to another type or A to AB or B to AB, then it would seem that the marrow might be producing both old and new blood. However if it went in the opposite direction, that means that her own marrow was completely supressed by the new liver. Similarly only a change from positive to negative would be really shocking.

10 posted on 01/25/2008 8:13:51 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
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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.

Ummmmmm, Graft Vs Host disease, anyone?

(That's when instead of the patient rejecting the graft, the graft rejects the patient. This is not a good thing!)

11 posted on 01/25/2008 8:16:26 AM PST by null and void (Does "I don't remember" Hillary!™ have Alzheimer's? She needs to release her medical records!™)
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Accidental medical miracle involving ADULT stem cells... This is cool!


15 posted on 01/25/2008 8:57:41 AM PST by TheBattman (LORD God, please help us to elect a Godly and patriotic man for President in 08, Amen.)
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self bump


18 posted on 01/25/2008 2:27:07 PM PST by TChris ("if somebody agrees with me 70% of the time, rather than 100%, that doesn’t make him my enemy." -RR)
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