Purpose of review: With improved methods for detecting chimeras and growing numbers of stem cell transplantations, blood group and other forms of chimerism are observed with increasing frequency. This review will focus on the state of science and new insights into the multifaceted subject of blood group chimerism.
Brea, California. Brea (meaning oil or tar in Spanish) is a city in Orange County, California. The population as of the 2010 census was 39,282. It is located 33 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
Gualala, California. Stroked by eight miles of sea, this small California town invites those for whom the ocean--and a tight-knit community--is enough. In the Surf Supermarket parking lot in the center of Gualala, a violet Mercedes convertible, waxed and shining like a jelly bean, sits next to a vintage Volkswagen van, its painted sidesta nod to Picasso.