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Re:Two More Patients HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Transplants by ars on Friday July 27, 2012 @06:53AM (#4300839)
Yes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graft-versus-host_disease

The drugs do not suppress the entire immune system, just parts of it. (Otherwise the person would die from random infections.)

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Re:Two More Patients HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Transplants by kolinko on Friday July 27, 2012 @08:39AM (#4301059)
Thanks :)
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