What happens to one's DNA after an organ or blood transplant?

Subject: What happens to one's DNA after an organ or blood transplant?

Date: Thu Mar 2 09:49:38 2000
Posted by Mike Beckner
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Kansas City State/Province: MO Country: USA
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 952012178.Me

Message:


The discussion came up at work about whether or not one's DNA would be 
affected by an organ or blood transfusion. If a blood sample was taken 
after a transfusion, would it depend on which particular blood cells were 
sampled? I imagine any difference would be temporary in the case of a 
transfusion. What about an organ transplant, though? I've never heard this 
discussed,

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