# Can Transplants Change Your Personality?

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Podcast: [IFLScience - We Have Questions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/iflscience-we-have-questions-7025311)
Published: 2025-09-22T09:07:57+00:00
Episode link: https://iflsciencewehavequestions.podbean.com/e/can-transplants-change-your-personality/
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## Resource

There’s a strange phenomenon reported among some recipients of organ transplants whereby people report altered memories, tastes, and personality changes. A particularly curious example included a woman who, having never much liked chicken nuggets, found herself compelled to eat them after receiving an organ from a man who had nuggets on his person when he died. Similarly perplexing changes in taste have also been reported among the recipients of bone marrow transplants, from loving gherkins to switching from white to red wine. This is something the UK-based stem cell charity Anthony Nolan knows a thing or two about. We spoke to their senior medical officer Dr Tania Dexter to find out more about what these transplants entail, how they've changed people, and why we think it happens. This interview previously featured in the March 2025 issue of CURIOUS, IFLScience's e-magazine. Check out the full issue to explore: Can We Really Trust Our Memories? Is Robotic Surgery The Future? And The Floating Mountains Of Zhangjiajie. https://www.iflscience.com/can-we-really-trust-our-memories-find-out-more-in-issue-32-of-curious-out-now-78264

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