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		kolinko on July 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two More Patients HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Trans... 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 on July 27, 2012 [–]

Yes, 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 on July 27, 2012 | [–]

Thanks :)

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