The Curious Case of The Man With Two Sets of DNA

Pieces of You 

If someone is given a perfect transfusion, an event in which the body does not reject a blood transfusion whatsoever, they will likely take on some of the donor’s DNA. Even in a situation like this, which is much more common than a bone marrow transfusion, the human body can become subject to taking on someone else’s information. In fact, there is a disorder that is now being studied that explains these moments of possessing someone else within you…

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