Teen's blood type switch stuns experts

[godsdog]

I didn't see this posted anywhere, and it's, well...

Teen's blood type switch stuns experts | The Courier-Mail
Kate Sikora
January 25, 2008 11:00pm

TEENAGER Demi-Lee Brennan has been dubbed the "one-in-six-billion miracle girl" after her body switched blood types to take on the immune system of her organ donor. Her ability to accept a new liver and then miraculously produce new blood cells has left doctors mystified.

The rare phenomenon now means Demi-Lee, 15, will not have to take a cocktail of anti-rejection drugs for the rest of her life. It also gives hope to the 1800 gravely ill Australians awaiting a transplant.

[MadduckUK]

how good is that!?

[staffsMike]

wasn't this on House MD .. lupus or something lol

That is pretty amazing though.

[Agent]

There is also another link (that I can't find atm), discussing that it may be an error by the hospital.
So as a nice as it sounds, It might just be a case of occam's razor

[this_is_gav]

So this miracle is limited to lucky* Australians? Bugger.

* OK well, luckyish given that they're gravely ill.

[Guy]

If this is genuine/ no cock ups by the hospital etc, then surely its got to be breakthrough?

[TeePee]

Chimera?

[Sinizter]

Not convinced at all.

I just think it is a fault with the first testing. When the Rh+ve test fluid is applied to a drop of blood, if it shows clumping its positive, if it does not clump together its negative. Sometimes the clumping is very fine and looks almost unclumped.

[acrobat]

Definitely a mistake Theres probably a PR department somewhere, desperately thinking of ways to own up and minimise the fuss.

[godsdog]

Girl swaps blood group | Video | Reuters.com ...looking more and more like no mistake was made.

[Sinizter]

Girl swaps blood group | Video | Reuters.com ...looking more and more like no mistake was made.

Another video rehashing the same thing as has been said before gives it more credence than the first time around ?

[godsdog]

Another video rehashing the same thing as has been said before gives it more credence than the first time around ?

It adds more weight to the claim. Unless of course Reuters have got their thumb up there arse.

[pollaxe]

If true, very interesting!

[Sinizter]

It adds more weight to the claim. Unless of course Reuters have got their thumb up there arse.

Reuters just pick up the news/videos/clips from other places, and sell them on. Its not like they are a completely independent news organisation which went out there and verified all this first hand.

[godsdog]

Reuters just pick up the news/videos/clips from other places, and sell them on.

Yes they do. And as of 24 hours ago the only source on google was the one article I posted originally from which all the other sources stemmed. There has been no mention of any TV/video interview footage, so in the context of this thread the Reuters news piece adds weight (which is why I posted it).

If you had seen any footage earlier then you should have mentioned it in the bit where you put:

Another video rehashing the same thing as has been said before gives it more credence than the first time around ?

Its not like they are a completely independent news organisation which went out there and verified all this first hand.

Both you and me don't know what Reuters have done to verify the story. But I do take your point and I'll be keeping an interested eye open on the story one way or the other.