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I'm curious - why does the bone marrow transplant require a lifetme mmunorepresants? Is it because otherwise the new immuno-system would attack the host organis

by kolinko 14y ago

I'm curious - why does the bone marrow transplant require a lifetme mmunorepresants? Is it because otherwise the new immuno-system would attack the host organism? Also - isn't an organism on immunorepresants essentially n a smilar position as an organism with inactive immun system due to HIV?

ars 14y ago
Yes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graft-versus-host_disease http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graft-versus-host_disease The drugs do not suppress the entire immune system, just parts of it. (Otherwise the person would die from random infections.)
- kolinko 14y ago
  Thanks :)