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Case of a Bone Marrow Recipient With Altered DNA Results
In the New York Times this week, coverage on an unusual case. NYT reporter Heather Murphy wrote about the story of a man whom researchers are studying because he had received a stem cell transplant, and subsequent DNA testing revealed unusual results.
DNA Testing After a Stem Cell Transplant: A Fascinating Case
When you have an allogeneic bone marrow or stem cell transplant, the blood-producing cells in your bone marrow are killed off by radiation or chemotherapy and then replaced with functioning cells from another person.