Ever wonder why the immune system of pregnant women doesn't attack the fetus? The answer could have profound implications for organ transplants, among other things.
Researchers at NYU School of Medicine recently made some discoveries in this area. “What we found was completely unexpected at every level,” said professor of pathology, Adrian Erlebacher. Gratified Creationists cite "The God of Suprises."
Friend or foe--in the womb, who decides? The "decidua"--a specialized structure encasing the placenta--gracefully hushes antsy "chemokine" genes that normally cry for fighter T cells at the site of inflammation.
Of note to evolutionists, this modification of gene expression is not a hereditable mutation. No random act of fate, here. Intelligent, beneficent design, appears again to be at work. Entropy, on the other hand, may be to blame for degrading this process, and pregnancy complications such as preterm labor, preeclampsia and spontaneous abortion.
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Researchers at NYU School of Medicine recently made some discoveries in this area. “What we found was completely unexpected at every level,” said professor of pathology, Adrian Erlebacher. Gratified Creationists cite "The God of Suprises."
Friend or foe--in the womb, who decides? The "decidua"--a specialized structure encasing the placenta--gracefully hushes antsy "chemokine" genes that normally cry for fighter T cells at the site of inflammation.
Of note to evolutionists, this modification of gene expression is not a hereditable mutation. No random act of fate, here. Intelligent, beneficent design, appears again to be at work. Entropy, on the other hand, may be to blame for degrading this process, and pregnancy complications such as preterm labor, preeclampsia and spontaneous abortion.
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