The Curious Case of The Man With Two Sets of DNA

Not Quite How it Seems

Three months after Chris Long’s bone marrow transplant surgery, his doctors revealed something very strange to him. This Reno, Nevada based man was alerted that his blood had, almost entirely, taken on the DNA of his donor. Evidently, this is fairly normal early on into the healing process, after all, strong cells tend to take over weak cells in these kinds of situations.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.