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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (254)	4/24/2003 7:32:29 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) of 1070

This post on a newsgroup appears to be by a health science - hypothesizes that susceptibility to SARS might be governed in part by genetically modulated mechanisms in the immune system - to be specific, Fc receptors for IgG expressed on macrophages and NK cells. groups.google.com.&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&group=sci.med.&selm=4NZoa.561885%24F1.77783%40sccrnsc04&rnum=1 NK cells are natural killer cells. The case I worked on where the kid died of massive organ failure, he caught Epstein Barr virus (EBV) while taking tacrolimus and some other heavy duty immune suppressants because he had a kidney transplant. A small percentage of people in this situation have their immune system turn on their own bone marrow cells and destroy them, which in causes massive organ failure. The only cure is bone marrow transplants. I wonder if there have been examinations of the bone marrow of people who are really ill with SARS? Also, the type of blood tests that are done when people have leukemia and lymphoma?

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