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Children Help Their Mothers for Decades

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the stem-cells-au-naturale dept.

Itninja writes "NPR reported this morning on some interesting findings regarding mothers and their children. From the article: 'Some scientists have proposed that when a woman has a baby, she gets not just a son or a daughter, but a gift of cells that stays behind and protects her for the rest of her life. That's because a baby's cells linger in its mom's body for decades and -- like stem cells -- may help to repair damage when she gets sick. It's such an enticing idea that even the scientists who came up with the idea worry that it may be too beautiful to be true.'"

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  1. Re:Culture of life's better than culture of death by MoronBob · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Errr. She's 11. It's a little late to abort her, dude." Well that will change if the the left has their way. Some on that side like Peter Singer* are promoting the idea of infantiside. *(Peter Singer. The Australian philosopher, a founder of the animal-rights movement, claims that infants have no moral right to live and views infanticide as an ethical act)

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  2. Re:Culture of life's better than culture of death by MoronBob · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes you are right she is not an infant just like Terry Schiavo. But that did not stop your crew from killing her. Why is it that I don't see any of the Hollywood crowd adopting death row inmates and bringing them home? If tookie was worth saving there must be more. Why is it that you lefties only care about murderers and pedophiles? What is so offensive to you about babies and the handicapped? What is so endearing to you about child rapists and butchers?

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