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Transplanting A Nut Allergy

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 28, 2003 @02:53PM from the sign-here-please dept.

Gavinsblog writes "New Scientist is reporting that a man who received a liver transplant from a donor who died of anaphylactic shock, went on to develop a life-threatening nut allergy himself. The man had no history of a nut allergy suffered an anaphylactic reaction to a cashew nut 25 days after receiving the liver. Should the liver have read 'Warning: may contain traces of nut'?"

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Re:When I die... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-28 17:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I wish I had some points to mod this up, it's hilarious!