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A comment on Most MS Patients Who Got Stem Cell Transplants Still in Remission Years Later. Parent comment

Re:Most MS Patients Who Got Stem Cell Transplants Still in R... by DrStalker on Thursday January 08, 2015 @11:50PM (#8860829)
Sounds like the immune system version of "turn it off and back on again."
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Re:Most MS Patients Who Got Stem Cell Transplants Still in R... by digi_owl on Friday January 09, 2015 @02:19AM (#8861131)
Well you are working with a self modifying system. Sometimes it may well be best to reset it back to a known good state and try again when the changes goes wonky.
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Re:Most MS Patients Who Got Stem Cell Transplants Still in R... by ajuc on Friday January 09, 2015 @09:35AM (#8862349)
If only we could do perfect backups - medicine would become much simpler.
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Re:Most MS Patients Who Got Stem Cell Transplants Still in R... by digi_owl on Friday January 09, 2015 @09:44AM (#8862385)
Yep. Would not mind replacing this rapidly deteriorating mass of sludge with something in metal and composites.
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