{"id":136222,"date":"2024-12-12T15:09:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136222"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:09:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T08:09:07","slug":"groundbreaking-research-suggests-organ-transplant-patients-are-inheriting-donors-memories-and-personalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136222","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking research suggests organ transplant patients are inheriting donors&#8217; MEMORIES and personalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--mol-default-font-family); font-size: 16px;\">People receiving organ transplants have reported strange changes in their emotions, tastes, and memories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--mol-default-font-family); font-size: 16px;\">This phenomenon is most\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12002987\/Surgeons-save-200-lives-using-technique-involves-jump-starting-dead-donors-hearts.html\" rel=\"noopener\">common in heart recipients<\/a>,\u00a0but those who received kidneys, lungs, and even faces have also noticed changes to their food preferences, music choices, and even sexual orientation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--mol-default-font-family); font-size: 16px;\">For some patients, their new hobbies and preferences mirror those of their donors, which has led experts to question if recipients are also receiving their donors&#8217; memories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a review published earlier this year, researchers pointed to one\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1096219000000135#:~:text=Donor%207:%20%E2%80%9CDrowned%20in%20the%20Family%20Pool.%E2%80%9D,girl%20who%20drowned%20in%20the%20family%20pool.&amp;text=Personality%20changes%20following%20heart%20transplantation%2C%20which%20have,acquiring%20the%20personality%20characteristics%20of%20their%20donor.\">case study<\/a>\u00a0in which\u00a0a nine-year-old boy received a heart from a three-year-old girl who drowned in her family&#8217;s pool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Though the boy had no idea how his donor died, his mother reported that he became &#8216;deathly afraid of water.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In another, a college professor who received a heart from a fallen police officer who was shot in the face started seeing &#8216;a flash of light&#8217; right in front of his eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said: &#8216;My face gets real, real hot. It actually burns.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Increasing research suggests this could be because the heart and brain are intrinsically linked, as the heart shares neurons and cells similar to the brain.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Additionally, an organ transplant may cause genes that control traits to change and express themselves differently.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1af730488b841ebc\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/11\/17\/93048297-14182585-image-a-1_1733937520049.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"In a recent study, researchers detailed cases of heart transplant recipients adopting their donors' preferences and memories\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1af730488b841ebc\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/11\/17\/93048297-14182585-image-a-1_1733937520049.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"In a recent study, researchers detailed cases of heart transplant recipients adopting their donors' preferences and memories\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">In a recent study, researchers detailed cases of heart transplant recipients adopting their donors&#8217; preferences and memories<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3da3146b7ec96089\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/11\/22\/93057341-14182585-In_the_study_researchers_detailed_case_studies_of_heart_transpla-a-21_1733954608597.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\" alt=\"In the study, researchers detailed case studies of heart transplant recipients who seemed to 'inherit' their donors' memories. Pictured here is Charlotte Carney, a student from the UK who had a heart transplant in 2019 for a life-threatening cardiac condition\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3da3146b7ec96089\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2024\/12\/11\/22\/93057341-14182585-In_the_study_researchers_detailed_case_studies_of_heart_transpla-a-21_1733954608597.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\" alt=\"In the study, researchers detailed case studies of heart transplant recipients who seemed to 'inherit' their donors' memories. Pictured here is Charlotte Carney, a student from the UK who had a heart transplant in 2019 for a life-threatening cardiac condition\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">In the study, researchers detailed case studies of heart transplant recipients who seemed to &#8216;inherit&#8217; their donors&#8217; memories. Pictured here is Charlotte Carney, a student from the UK who had a heart transplant in 2019 for a life-threatening cardiac condition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The researchers in the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11061817\/#sec2\">2024 review<\/a> wrote: &#8216;Emerging evidence suggests that heart transplantation may involve the transfer of the donor&#8217;s personality traits and memories to the recipient, challenging conventional views of memory and identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Additionally, the heart&#8217;s neural network and bidirectional communication with the brain support the concept of heart-brain connection in memory and personality.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The team suggested that these changes could be due to a transfer of cellular memory, which suggests that individual cells may be able to form memories. However, the mechanism for this is still unclear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Additionally, introducing a new organ to the recipient&#8217;s body could cause genes to express themselves differently.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-xpmodule-iframe-resizable=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" name=\"xp-iframe-m4l17gtb6hz3ggr5ozl\" class=\"iframe-creator \" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/html_modules\/Annie\/tests\/240905-healthsubheading-finalversion\/index.html\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" height=\"45\" style=\"border: 0; width: 0; min-width: 100%; \" id=\"xp-iframe-m4l17gtb6hz3ggr5ozl\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, many experts believe that these cases are too coincidental, and the changes may instead be a psychological response to recovering from major surgery and near-deadly heart conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Experts from McGill University in Canada, for example, suggested that immunosuppressant medications that organ recipients have to take can cause increases in appetite, which could change their perspective on food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Other <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/BF00435634\">research<\/a>\u00a0suggests that recipients may go into the surgery already worried about inheriting their donor&#8217;s behaviors or personality traits, which could lead to behavioral changes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The stress of having a major, lifesaving operation can also cause patients to change their outlooks on certain aspects of their lives like relationships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In addition to memories, some patients also report specific preferences shifting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In one <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.unt.edu\/ark:\/67531\/metadc799207\/m2\/1\/high_res_d\/vol20-no3-191.pdf\">2002 case study<\/a>, doctors detailed the case of a woman who inherited her donor&#8217;s food preferences.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The researchers wrote: &#8216;She was a health conscious dancer and choreographer, upon leaving the hospital she had an uncontrollable urge to go to a <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/kentucky\/index.html\" id=\"mol-f52f0a00-b7e1-11ef-910c-2d65e1f1624a\" rel=\"noopener\">Kentucky<\/a> Fried Chicken restaurant and order chicken nuggets, a food she never ate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Interestingly, uneaten Kentucky Fried Chicken nuggets were found in the jacket of the young man when he was killed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another 29-year-old woman who received a heart from a 19-year-old vegetarian suddenly developed an aversion to meat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The researchers also cited sexual orientations changing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In one case study mentioned, a homosexual male recipient of a heart from a lesbian artist reportedly became more attracted to women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meanwhile, one lesbian woman who received a heterosexual woman&#8217;s heart said she became attracted to men after her transplant and started questioning her sexuality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The team behind the 2024 review cautioned that more research is needed on the connection btween heart transplants and memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They wrote: &#8216;Further interdisciplinary research is needed to unravel the intricacies of memory transfer, neuroplasticity, and organ integration, offering insights into both organ transplantation and broader aspects of neuroscience and human identity.<\/p>\n<p 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