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Your DNA is changing all the time. Here’s why

Short Wave by NPR

Jun 9, 202614:12Science & Medicine

We tend to think of the DNA strands that contain our genetic code as consistent, stable units. But in reality, the cells that make up our bodies are constantly replicating and changing. Even as you read this sentence, in...

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Your DNA is changing all the time. Here’s why is an episode from Short Wave by NPR. We tend to think of the DNA strands that contain our genetic code as consistent, stable units. But in reality, the cells that make up our bodies are constan...

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Published Jun 9, 2026, 14:12 long, audio available.