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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The Surprising Benefits of Carrying Your Child’s Cells

    New research shows that women can carry their children’s cells long after birth -- possibly for the rest of their lives -- and that those cells could have remarkable health benefits.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Dec 23, 2014 • 1 min read

    New research shows that women can carry their children’s cells long after birth -- possibly for the rest of their lives -- and that those cells could have remarkable health benefits.

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    The Economy Grows, Prenatal Testing Problems, and Boozy Science
    1. 0:00The Economic Outlook
    2. 8:45A Scientific History of Booze
    3. 21:41The Problems With Prenatal Tests
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    5. 40:54Linda Deutsch Looks Back at L.A.’s Biggest Trials
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      Barbara Bogaev

      radio journalist

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Lee Nelson

      professor of medicine at the University of Washington and a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    The Economy Grows, Prenatal Testing Problems, and Boozy Science
    1. 0:00The Economic Outlook
    2. 8:45A Scientific History of Booze
    3. 21:41The Problems With Prenatal Tests
    4. 31:21The Surprising Benefits of Carrying Your Child’s CellsYou’re reading this
    5. 40:54Linda Deutsch Looks Back at L.A.’s Biggest Trials
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