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Old 10-Nov-2007, 15:45
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Default Re: Placenta 'fools body's defences'

Can you imagine how much more successful transplants would be if they could figure out a way to use this info? I remember how offended one of the students in my nursing class was when we talked about how babies growing inside mom is similar to a parasite. Kind of gave me a chuckle to remember that.
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