Poland says no to DNA testing of Chopin's heart (AP)


Written on July 25, 2008 – 10:53 pm | by

The heart of Polish-born composer Frederic Chopin rests in the Church of the Holy Cross, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday July 24, 2008. The Polish government has rejected a request by scientists to run DNA tests on the heart. They had hoped to test their belief that the musical genius might have suffered and died from cystic fibrosis, and not of tuberculosis, as his death certificate says. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39. And that’s how the Polish government wants to keep it.


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