The inner life of a cell is noisy. Helen Pearson discovers how the resulting randomness makes life more challenging - and richer.
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Pearson, H. Cell biology: The cellular hullabaloo. Nature 453, 150–153 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453150a
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