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On this day, cell memory and perennial pangs

On this day, cell memory and perennial pangs

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Yolande Clark-Jackson
Feb 22, 2025
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“Microchimeric cells are not only found circulating in the blood, they are also embedded in the brain.”

It took 23 years for me to wake up with a new first thought about what happened on February 21st, 2002. Today it wasn’t the first thing I thought about, even though the cells in my body were keeping track.

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