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From: Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
Date: 20080316
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LONDON: Cheryl Johnson has switched off the soaps and ditched the lowbrow novels.

These days, she prefers to watch documentaries on Egyptology, or spend her time reading Jane Austen and Fyodor Dostoevsky.

The 37-year-old mother of one says her personality has been transformed since she had a kidney transplant.

Miss Johnson believes she has picked up characteristics from her donor.

A spokesman for UK Transplant said, "While we are aware of the suggestion that recipients take on aspects of the personality of the organ donor, we don't have any evidence." - Daily ...

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