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Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?

576 points · 293 comments · jbotz

  1. Aeolun · · focus · HN ↗
    I feel like this is obvious. Eventually dying of all the weird body failures doesn’t inhibit your ability to procreate, but if you cannot survive alcohol or other various poisons you’ll never make it to a fertile age.
    1. nofunsir · · focus · HN ↗
      It's more than possible to make it to adulthood without ingesting a drop of alcohol, even if you're talking about fermented fruit. It's easy, in fact.
      1. fahrvrgnugen · · focus · HN ↗

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