1.   A. I would not be giving patients immune suppression for hand transplants.

2.   But immune suppression renders her more susceptible to food-borne parasites and microorganisms and the toxins they produce, so NVP would protect her, too.

3.   But ultraviolet radiation also causes immune suppression.

4.   He is now conducting studies on pig-to-monkey transplants but thinks some long-term immune suppression will be necessary for xenotransplants to survive.

5.   Some doctors have been concerned that such immune suppression could leave patients vulnerable to infections or cancer.

6.   That is when the immune suppression from the chemotherapy and radiation will be greatest.

7.   The immune suppression resulting from the anti-rejection therapy and mild diabetes leaves Hallam at increased risk of infection.

8.   The only sure way to prevent this is to take powerful immune suppression drugs for a lifetime, trading insulin injections, for example, for immune suppression.

9.   Then, over time, the immune suppression medication is removed, and the new, stronger donor marrow gradually overtakes and eventually replaces the old bone marrow.

10.   And the immune suppression itself is not as extensive as a more serious clinical immune deficiency, Mackinnon said.