(This isn't really a political story, but we don't have a general news section here.)
What do others think about this phenomenon? Maybe Praetor and Happeh have some ideas.
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Some heart recipients report strange changes Say they sense traits, tastes of organ donors
By Carla McClain Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.27.2005For most of her life, the young woman hated sports.
And though she was born and raised in Tucson, she never liked Mexican food. She craved Italian and was a pasta junkie.
But three years ago, all that changed for Jaime Sherman, 28, when she underwent a heart transplant at University Medical Center, after battling a heart defect since birth.
"Now I love football, baseball, basketball. You name it, I follow it," said Sherman, a psychology student at Arizona State University. "And Mexican food is by far my favorite."
She'd heard similar stories - of people who get donor hearts, develop new and surprising tastes and traits, then trace them to the donor. It's an eerie phenomenon that has triggered controversy and skepticism.
Could it be happening to her?
No scientific evidence exists to explain how characteristics of an organ donor might live on in the person who gets their organ. But theories and speculation abound, from the transforming power of beating a death sentence to the notion that the body's cells store memory.
Some blame the toxic effects of potent transplant drugs and heavy anesthesia, while others cite the psychological trauma of knowing someone had to die to save a life.
But even the self-described skeptics admit there may be more to this than imagination, though they insist it happens to a minority of patients.
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