Word: brautbar
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Dates: during 1978-1978
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...ordered several blood tests. But by the time the results were in, confirming that two of the three babies were still in the wrong arms, mothers and babies had already been home for six weeks. The women demanded more conclusive proof. So out went a call to Dr. Chaim Brautbar, a specialist in immunogenetics. He promptly began tissue-typing all the principals: babies, parents and grandparents. In such tests, scientists search the blood for small snatches of cellular material and compare it in order to establish genetic links between individuals...
...emotions were so high that even Brautbar's female lab technicians burst into tears when he announced that two babies were indeed in the wrong homes. The scientific Solomon patiently explained the tests to the mothers with color charts, but they remained distraught. Said one: "I know you are logically right, but if I talk to you from the bottom of my heart, it's difficult for me to accept what you say." Added the mother of the twins: "It sounds so easy going through a change, but only a mother knows the meaning of such a thing...
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