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Old 16th September 2004, 12:10 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Cure For Leukimia

The problem is that the white blood cells will die off after a short period of time. They also need to be a good tissue match with the patient to prevent the other immune defences wiping them out.

That's why treatment often depends upon a bone marrow transplant - to create a working factory for developing a continuous stream of healthy white blood cells.

Or so I believe - but biology was never my strongest subject.
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