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Fetuses Provide Stem-Like Cells to Mothers

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Exciting by MindStalker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude, the fetus has the general apperance and structure of a human after just a few weeks. To say it doesn't exist is just silly. Now if you are saying its not definatly a viable baby yet, there is some argument, but its still rather silly. I could say this new born child only has a chance of becoming an adult so lets not give him any rights.