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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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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.