Teen Takes On Donor's Immune System

[Naomi]

Taken from Slashdot:

"Leibel writes "The Australian ABC News is reporting that a 15-year-old
Australian liver transplant patient has defied modern medicine by
[0]taking on her donor's immune system. Demi-Lee Brennan had a liver
transplant. Nine months later, doctors at Sydney's Westmead Children's
Hospital were amazed to find the teenager's blood group had changed to
the donor's blood type. They 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girl's immune system had almost totally been replaced by that of the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. 'Dr.
Michael Stormon says his team is now trying to identify how the
phenomenon happened and whether it can be replicated. "That's probably
easier said than done... I think it's a long shot," he said. "I think
it's a unique system of events whereby this happened. "We postulate
there's a number of different issues - the type of liver failure that she
had, some of the drugs that we use early on to suppress the immune system
and also that she suffered an infection with a virus called CMV, or
cytomegalovirus, which can also suppress the immune system."'"


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/24/2145289.htm

[Radiant Star]

I have heard of this kind of thing before, its been researched, one example is this: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k51335l4k4676577/

I heard of a heart transplant patient that started to enjoy classical music though he had never been interested in it before, yet his donor had been something in classical music or had a keen liking for it at least.

[Sibylle]

I saw that story, and think it's fascinating. It certainly raises spiritual questions, and makes me wonder who is currently residing in that body.