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Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) & CAR-T Cell Therapy | Last Active: Nov 15, 2022 | Replies (68)Comment receiving replies
I was bummed to find out those books are already being written and someone told me CSI has had an episode or two with the same plot. LOL.
You’re so right, with time and research maybe there will be a future for stem cell transplants for more autoimmune diseases. Before that can happen, side effects of the transplant will need to be less dramatic. Now, however, it is not commonplace simply because it is grueling and comes with its own challenges.
Interesting, we share another drug…Ursodial. I’ve been taking that since transplant as a prophylactic to prevent liver issues.
Getting a second chance isn’t without some trade off is it? We’ll never fully be 100% of our former selves but it beats pushing daisies up from the underside. 😉
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Well, I did some research. There’s only been a couple of reported cases involving DNA oddities in crimes, which were due to stem cell transplant. A number of investigative medical journal articles on it though…warning criminal investigators of the potential. I bet Sir Conan Doyle would have been all over it if he was living today!
Here’s a link to an article about doctors studying how long it took for a man’s cells and DNA to change…even his sperm DNA changed to that of his donor! Think about the ramifications of that! https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/dna-bone-marrow-transplant-crime-lab.html
When I first started taking ursodial it caused hair loss, but not nearly as bad as Tacrolimus. I adjusted and doesn’t seem to affect me…hopefully it works well for us both! Definitely trade offs and certainly life is unpleasant sometimes, but as you say, we wouldn’t be here today without our transplants!