The Only True Chimera
So far, Long is the only case of 100% chimerism that’s actually being studied. Fortunately for him, that eventually worked out in his favor when his Irish counterpart got convicted once more on assault charges and landed in jail. The police were immediately notified about the DNA similarities between him and Long, so they dropped the American investigation entirely and focused on putting the Irishman behind bars. Justice has been served, and Long plans on visiting the other half of his DNA in Ireland when the man begins accepting visitors. Speaking of “other half,” here is another example of chimerism that showed up in a person who never had to get a bone marrow transplant…
Chimera, Without the Tragedy
Taylor Muhl was supposed to be a fraternal twin when she was born, but some complications occurred during her gestation period and the twins merged in the womb, making one person. Muhl, now 32 years old, had to undergo some DNA testing for a cancer screening, in which the doctors found that she hosted two different sets of DNA. Both of these sets of DNA are split completely in two down the center of her body...