Centripetal Notion: entry

The author published this entry on Monday 13 February, 2006 at 4:28 pm. It's been filed in the Uncategorizedcategory

Babies’ Cells Stay With Mothers

… and linger for decades. It’s too soon to know what, if any, role they play in the mother’s health after birth, but some evidence points toward them behaving like stem cells, repairing and replenishing when she is 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.

Robert Krulwich, NPR

The Conversation {1 comments}

  1. Josh Illichmann 14 February, 06 @ 7:01 am

    wow. thats really cool. Will be interesting to see how they go from this, and see if it is true.

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