Will your DNA change if you receive a donor organ or bloodtransfusion?

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This question and my answer to it was published in the popular scientific journal Quest (in Dutch)

Period	13-Dec-2018

Title	Will your DNA change if you receive a donor organ or blood transfusion? (Als je donororganen ontvangt of een bloedtransfusie ondergaat, verandert je DNA dan?)
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	tijdschrift Quest
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	Netherlands
Date	13/12/2018
Description	In my answer I explained the genetic aspects of donor-recipient matching and the very small risk that a donor organ carries a disease gene that will affect that organ after transplantation.
Producer/Author	Sander van den Groenendaal
URL	https://www.quest.nl/
Persons	Rolf Sijmons