Submitted by Megumi-Chan (not verified) on 2010, March 9 - 6:15am.
This has been a great story to read, such a complex story with wonderful characters, at first I was unsure of wether I liked it due to it's complexity and the main character being such an unusual Chimeræ, but as the story developed I found myself enjoying the complexity and uniqueness of this story. Thank you for sharing
As it turns out, many of us are Chimeræ in real life.
Women who have been pregnant often have a condition called microchimerism, in which small areas of cells which belong to their babies survive and colonise other areas of the mother's body. Because pregnancy necessarily suppresses (in the usual case) the immune response to foetal cells, these cells are not attacked by the mother's body even after delivery and have successfully found a new home.
There are, though very rare, also chimeræ who have more extensive bits belonging to other people, often a "twin" which didn't separate.
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This has been a great story
This has been a great story to read, such a complex story with wonderful characters, at first I was unsure of wether I liked it due to it's complexity and the main character being such an unusual Chimeræ, but as the story developed I found myself enjoying the complexity and uniqueness of this story. Thank you for sharing
Megumi :)
Unusual
As it turns out, many of us are Chimeræ in real life.
Women who have been pregnant often have a condition called microchimerism, in which small areas of cells which belong to their babies survive and colonise other areas of the mother's body. Because pregnancy necessarily suppresses (in the usual case) the immune response to foetal cells, these cells are not attacked by the mother's body even after delivery and have successfully found a new home.
There are, though very rare, also chimeræ who have more extensive bits belonging to other people, often a "twin" which didn't separate.
http://www.scq.ubc.ca/the-truth-about-chimeras/
Liorah
Here's another link to human-animal chimerism
so it's possible, just difficult
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/mole00/mole00797.htm