Demi-Lee Brennan

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Demi-Lee Brennan is an Australian citizen who, after a liver transplant, has changed blood type and adopted the immune system of her donor. The upshot of this is that her body no longer attempts to reject the transplanted liver,[1] and she therefore does not need immunosuppresant medication. [2]

Her case is described as unique in that there are no other recorded instances of this ever happening in the history of human organ transplanting. Scientists are now interested in finding out how this happened, in hope of duplicating the process since this may be a solution to the problem of transplant rejection.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Demi-Lee Brennan has changed blood types and immune system Kate Sikora, Daily Telegraph, January 25, 2008.
  2. ^ Aust doctors hail teen's transplant 'miracle' Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, ABC News (Australia), January 24, 2008.
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