Transplant recipient takes on donor's immune system

[Quokka]

Although it doesn't look like this is something that can be replicated easily or soon, it's a pretty amazing situation for one family and hopefully suggests some new ideas for research into how this might be encouraged to happen again.



Aust doctors hail teen's transplant 'miracle' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

[Ursa major]

I remember reading recently that in the Pancreas, specifically the islets of Langerhans, researchers have found cells that have the mother's DNA rather than the patients own.

 

[Briareus Delta]

Wow, interesting. As you say, Quokka, this certainly raises some interesting possibilities for the future.