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Published Date: 09 May 2008
LESLEY Angus was never partial to red wine – until she received a kidney from her big sister.
The 34-year-old is convinced her sister, Lorainne Moar, passed on her liking for the drink when she gave her the life-changing organ.

Ms Angus, a mother of two from Aberdeenshire, who suffered from nephrotic syndrome – which causes the kidneys to leak large amounts of protein from the blood into the urine – said: "I never used to drink red wine."



Ms Moar, 44, said she was only too glad to donate one of her healthy kidneys to give her sister, who was receiving dialysis four times a day, an improved quality of life.

Sue Johnstone, a spokeswoman for the Transplant in Mind charity, said: "We have heard a few stories like this over the years, like people developing a talent for painting, or a real interest in shopping after a transplant.

"However, there's never been any scientific proof to back these things up."





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  • Last Updated: 08 May 2008 10:03 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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EPS,

Edinburgh 09/05/2008 00:52:45
There are hundreds of reports of cases like this, where an organ transplant is apparently accompanied by a transfer of part of the donor's memory or character. See "Cellular Memory in Organ Transplants" at http://www.med.unc.edu/wellness/main/links/cellular%20memory.htm. Maybe our memories and other characteristics are stored throughout our bodies and not just in our brain. It is easy to scoff and say there is no scientific proof, but sometimes scientific acceptance of a phenomenon comes hundreds of years after the phenomenon is first reported: witness meteorites and ball lightning. Lack of scientific proof does not justify a closed mind.
2

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 09/05/2008 01:23:17

My God! Its all a bit scary!, is it not,?

BW donates his organs to Charles Linskaill!

ME! end up like Him!,..'OH MY GOD'!..:-D

ESP @#1,

"Lack of scientific proof does not justify a closed mind"

Excellent Quote! as in this article and others such as in the,..

'MMR' Vaccine and the likes!
3

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 09/05/2008 01:26:26
Now where's my,..'Black Pudding Roll',?

'HUH' Boy Blunder!,? :-))
4

Fanling,

Switzerland 09/05/2008 03:59:53
I like this story.

As #1 reports: "There are hundreds of reports of cases like this ..."

It should cause all of us to draw breath and think. It will, I imagine, cause a flutter of puzzlement (and how do we justify this?) to the hardened religiously-minded.



5

Horrible Cankers at the Cyber Shebeen,

09/05/2008 10:25:32
Aye, wonder if all the recipients of murdered Falun Gong kidneys are all chanting away and doing their wee exercises eh?
6

Boy Wonder,

09/05/2008 10:49:02
Utter claptrap! And the only thing I'll donate to Chuckles Linskaill is a batch of black puddings that have gone off. Enjoy! :P
7

John Blackley,

Florida 09/05/2008 14:51:38
Praise and congratulations to Lorainne Moar for having the courage to do this. I hope you and your sister thrive and live for a very long time.
8

Yonthing!,

09/05/2008 15:31:49
"We have heard a few stories ... or a real interest in shopping after a transplant."

Come off it - who ever heard of a woman who wasn't interested in shopping.
9

EPS,

Edinburgh 09/05/2008 23:07:57
#8 It was a man who, on receiving a woman's heart, developed a new interest in shopping. See http://anti-matters.org/ojs/index.php/antimatters/article/download/24/14

 

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