Study: Man Acquires Kiwi Allergy From Sister After Bone Marrow Transplant
Researchers say a 46-year-old man acquired a kiwi allergy after receiving a bone marrow transplant from his kiwi-allergic sister.
A man acquired a kiwi fruit allergy after receiving a bone marrow transplant from his kiwi-allergic sister, according to a recent study by a team of researchers from Munich, Germany.
Reportedly, multiple instances of similar allergy transmission have been described in various medical literatures in the past, but no conclusive evidence for the reaction being caused by donor cells has been found until now.
The 46-year-old recipient suffered two instances of oral allergies after eating kiwi following myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
According to the study published in the J
A man acquired a kiwi fruit allergy after receiving a bone marrow transplant from his kiwi-allergic sister, according to a recent study by a team of researchers from Munich, Germany.
Reportedly, multiple instances of similar allergy transmission have been described in various medical literatures in the past, but no conclusive evidence for the reaction being caused by donor cells has been found until now.
The 46-year-old recipient suffered two instances of oral allergies after eating kiwi following myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
According to the study published in the J