Which of the following do you think would be a possible way to cure a person with LAD?
A) Giving the person inflammatory mediators daily to enhance the vasodilation process during inflammation.
B) Giving the person a single blood transfusion with blood containing healthy leukocytes.
C) Keeping the person on multiple antimicrobial medications for their whole life to fight any potential infections.
D) Giving the person a hematopoietic stem cell transplant-this would replace the person's defective leukocytes with healthy leukocytes.
E) Keeping the person in a completely microbe-free environment so that they are never at risk of contracting a microbial infection.

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The only way to cure a patient with LAD is to replace their defective leukocytes with healthy ones. A hematopoietic stem cell transplant can achieve this by replacing the patient's hematopoietic stem cells with those from a healthy donor. This would result in the production of normal leukocytes that can function properly in the immune system. The other choices do not address the root cause of the disease and are not effective in curing the patient.

Which of the Following Do You Think Would Be a Possible