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2024-07-10 02:08:23 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3B22C30DB423AEDF07D93668EE594810D4CAF4A3332F8A3C360EFCABC976B71C
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The post is false. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/01/25/study-doesnt-say-women-store-harvest-dna-from-every-man-fact-check/72317930007/ The article screenshotted references a study that examines a phenomenon called microchimerism (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/microchimerism) where foreign DNA is found in body tissue. However, the study itself suggests that the cells are sourced from fetus during pregnancy, not the father. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458919/
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