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RevSouth
24th January 2008, 19:30
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080124142556.cb51cyta&show_article=1

Found this fairly interesting. Apparently when this girl was nine years old she had a liver transplant, and some stem cells migrated or some such to her bone marrow and her blood type transitioned to that of the donors.

chimx
25th January 2008, 14:53
I was about to post this. It is a huge deal. The girls entire immune system essentially adapted to fit her donor. If scientists can figure out to replicate this, it will make a huge impact on the viability of organ donations.