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Minneapolismark
12-23-2010, 11:05 AM
I wonder if Weggies are genetic chimeras. If so it might explain why one's immune system attacks one's own body. It also might explain why chemotherapy works; attrition favors the majority genetic profile.

Further, it could explain the tendency of wegener's to attack certain subsystems in the body; they may be more prone to chimerical variance.

Just a thought.

Minneapolismark
12-23-2010, 02:08 PM
This probably would not be fetomaternal micro-chimerism because it effects men and women in roughly equal numbers.

elephant
12-23-2010, 02:54 PM
Hey Mark, keep thinking you might just figure this out! I am hoping our book will get us closer figuring out what causes WG disease.