Leibel writes "The Australian ABC News is reporting that a 15-year-old Australian liver transplant patient has defied modern biologic by taking on her donor's immune system. Demi-Lee Brennan had a liver transplant. Nine months later, doctors at Sydney's Westmead Children's mash were amazed to find the teenager's blood group had changed to the donor's blood type. They were even more confused when they found the girl's immune system had almost totally been replaced by that of the donor, meaning she no longer had to take anti-rejection drugs.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 recognize how the phenomenon happened and whether it can be replicated. "That's presumptively 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 defilement with a virus called CMV, or cytomegalovirus, which can also suppress the immune system."'"

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