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The cells we share

6/1/202636 min

Fetuses leave cells behind in their parents' bodies, where they braid themselves into tissues, and remain, for years. What are they doing in there?

Guests: ⁠Amy Boddy⁠, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara; ⁠Lee Nelson⁠, Professor Emeritus at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

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  3. Byrd Pinkerton· Host1:06

    Okay. So I'm recording. Um, do you wanna just first start by can you say your name and, and how you know me?

  4. Anne Byrd Platt· Guest1:18

    My name is Anne Byrd Platt, and I am Byrd Pinkerton's mother.

  5. Byrd Pinkerton· Host1:23

    That's my mom. Uh, and I called my mom after I found out this fascinating thing.

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