Fetuses Provide Stem-Like Cells to Mothers

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Fetuses Provide Stem-Like Cells to Mothers

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 7, 2004 @02:41AM from the hedged-language-until-proven dept.

Flatline5150 writes "Excerpt from this article on Boston.com: 'Many a pregnant woman has moments when her fetus seems like a little parasite, all take, take, take. But new research suggests that a fetus may also be giving back a lifelong gift: cells that appear to act like stem cells, migrating to diseased organs in the mother and trying to fix them.'"

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So this means... by Singletoned · 2004-07-07 02:45 · Score: 3, Funny

Getting people pregnant may cure them of cancer?

Doctors are going to have a whale of time!

"Bend over the table Miss Johnson. I'm going to cure your cancer. It may take several doses though..."
1. Re:So this means... by isn't+my+name · 2004-07-07 03:14 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Actually, it means I have something to throw back at my mother the next time she starts into her "I carried you in my womb for nine months. . . " routine.
Hey! I'm a guy! No Fair! by justanyone · 2004-07-07 02:49 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm a guy! Males can't get pregnant! No Fair!

Maybe something like THIS might be possible eventually, though.

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Re:Hey! I'm a guy! No Fair! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-07 03:05 · Score: 1, Funny

I'm a guy!

A guy on Slashdot? What are the odds?
mmmmmmmmmm... by BortQ · 2004-07-07 03:07 · Score: 4, Funny

Let this be a lesson to everyone out there who eats babies.
Eating pregnant mothers can be even healthier !

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Re:Hey! I'm a guy! No Fair! by JonBob · 2004-07-07 03:36 · Score: 2, Funny

Where's the fetus going to gestate? Are you going to keep it in a box?
Where Dr. Seuss gestates fetuses by Marxist+Hacker+42 · 2004-07-07 05:50 · Score: 2, Funny

In a box- with some socks. He gives them air, to be fair.

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Re:Hey! I'm a guy! No Fair! by WormholeFiend · 2004-07-07 06:20 · Score: 2, Funny

I've got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody's fault, not even the Slashdot Moderators', but that he can have the right to have babies.