A patient with leukemia is scheduled for a bone marrow transplant.Which type of immunity is provided via this procedure?

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A bone marrow transplant replaces the patient's unhealthy bone marrow with healthy bone marrow from a donor. The transplanted cells then create a new immune system, providing adoptive immunity. This is different from passive immunity (where antibodies are transferred from another source) and active immunity (where the patient's own immune system is activated to produce antibodies). The term "active disease" is not relevant to this scenario.

A Patient with Leukemia Is Scheduled for a Bone Marrow