Liver cells play fast and loose with rules governing the shuffling of genetic information. The cells’ creative dealing of cards to daughter cells ought to wreak havoc, but for some reason it actually may help the liver deal with toxins more effectively, a new study suggests.
THREE-WAY SPLIT A new study finds that liver cells can have abnormal numbers of chromosomes, not just one each from mom and dad.
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