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Maternal Fetal Microchimerism — how a mother carries her children’s cells for life 🎧 ▶️ Press the play button below to listen. Introduction You’ve likely heard that a baby’s cells can remain in a mother’s body for decades — a phenomenon called fetal microchimerism. But there is a lesser-known, equally astonishing counterpart. Maternal microchimerism is the reverse:…
This article discusses fetal microchimerism and the benefits it gives to the mother.
This article is a repost from 2021. Still appropriate for Mothers’ Day. Fetal microchimerism is when the fetal cells travel outside the fetus and embed in the mother’s body during pregnancy. Those fetal cells can stay with the mother for decades and affect her health. The Chimera is a Greek mythological creature with parts taken…
Fetal microchimerism is when the fetal cells travel outside the fetus and embed in the mother’s body during pregnancy. Those fetal cells can stay with the mother for decades and affect her health. The Chimera is a Greek mythological creature with parts taken from different animals. The Benefits to the Baby The fetus has a…
