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Comment: Re:"Not voting" (Score 1) 616

by Binestar (#39831691) Attached to: House Passes CISPA

I know he doesn't support it, but missing important votes like this isn't exactly being a great champion of liberty.

I get upset at ANY politician who misses votes while campaigning. Fact is, the final vote for the final text of the bill wasn't important enough for him to vote on.

Now, what brought this on was you saying he's always there for the important votes.

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2813853&cid=39815873

Comment: Re:I find this information strange... (Score 1) 83

by Binestar (#39306645) Attached to: Drug-Free Organ Transplants From Unrelated Donors
Interestingly enough, after her transplant she needed to have her titers checked to see where she was on her vaccination schedule. There were a few vaccinations she needed to get that she had already had, but due to the transplant she was now immune to Chicken Pox, having never received the vaccine nor had Chicken Pox, it was determined she inherited the immunity through the donor.

Comment: Re:I find this information strange... (Score 2) 83

by Binestar (#39296281) Attached to: Drug-Free Organ Transplants From Unrelated Donors
Oh, she still has the bone marrow in her. That is the point of the transplant. She had a condition called "Kostman's Syndrome" which to put short, meant her bone marrow had a genetic defect that she was unable to produce the white blood cells that fight bacteria. Not only is her bone marrow someone else's, if she were to take a DNA test on her blood she would show up as male, as the donor was a male. WIthout the donor's marrow, hers would go back to not producing neutrophils.

Comment: I find this information strange... (Score 4, Interesting) 83

by Binestar (#39295327) Attached to: Drug-Free Organ Transplants From Unrelated Donors

My Daughter had a bone marrow transplant at the age of 18 months old and has been off immunosuppressants since 30 months of age. (She is currently 7 years of age with no rejection issues and no medications at all -- 100% cured, mild chimerism)

I guess I thought that was common? Her donor was unrelated, but had a 10/10 match on HLA. That might be the magic. This study lists it working for a HLA mismatched recipient.

Of course, I only have the knowledge you get when your daughter is going through the transplant process, not all the unrelated stuff that doesn't pertain to her actual condition.

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