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You'd get a bone marrow transplant. from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/science/chimera-bone-marrow-dna-semen.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/scien
by canucker2016 7y ago
You'd get a bone marrow transplant.
from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/science/chimera-bone-marrow-dna-semen.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/science/chimera-bone-marr...:
"A recent article about a highly unconventional experiment involving a man who had received a bone marrow transplant has raised some questions for readers of The New York Times.
Four years after the lifesaving procedure, all the DNA in the patient’s semen had been replaced by that of his donor. This came as a surprise to forensic scientists at the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department in Reno, Nev., studying the case."
- mirimir 7y agoThat's likely very expensive and painful. And probably very hard to manage without leaving quite the paper trail.
- nl 7y agoIt also occurs after kidney transplants[1]. Not really arguing this is practical for anonymoisation - it's more an interesting fact. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18290564 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18290564