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+-   Stem cells change man's DNA-> on Friday October 05 2007, @02:16PM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2007, @02:16PM
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An anonymous reader writes "After receiving umbilical cord stem cells to replace bone marrow as treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Greg Graves temporarily had three different sets of DNA. Eventually, one of the two sets of cells transplanted into his bone marrow took root, leaving him different DNA in his blood from the rest of his body: 'If you were to do a DNA test of my blood and one from my skin, they'd be different,' Graves said. 'It's a pretty wild thing.'"
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