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This seems like it would be the most probable, unsurprising outcome. Billions of cells growing inside of you into a complex biological mass with prolific stem
by K0balt 3y ago
This seems like it would be the most probable, unsurprising outcome. Billions of cells growing inside of you into a complex biological mass with prolific stem cell activity are very, very likely to metastasise.
It would take a great deal of convincing to prove to me that it was unlikely or uncommon.
- sp332 3y agoI would expect the mother’s immune system to reject the foreign cells though.
- sd970 3y agoIf I am reading the article correctly, it sounds to me like a lack of immune response in the mother is a core element of their findings.
- onetokeoverthe 3y ago[dead]
- kjkjadksj 3y agoIt has to have a mechanism to not attack the fetus while its in the womb. One can imagine how balancing it towards the way of leaving cells behind in the womb leads to higher fecundity than the other way of having the body sometimes attack the fetus.