Pregnancy is a war in the womb
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Re: Pregnancy is a war in the womb August 18, 2014 |
Gosh that's sooo freaky! 
I knew it was bad, but I never knew it was that bad. How disgusting to have foreign cells live on in your body, especially when they're up to some weird stuff over the course of your life.
Another interesting fact is that wikipedia has this to say about microchimerism (the existence of foreign cells in one's body):
Of course wikipedia is not some scientific authority, but their science entries are generally quite informative and balanced. It's interesting to note that the breast cancer link has been brought up because everywhere else it says that not shitting out a loaf is a sure path to breast cancer. I suppose that more people than care to admit know the truth but need to toe natalism's line by saying that loafing is good for you. Can you imagine what would happen if word got out that sprogging gives you cancer?
I knew it was bad, but I never knew it was that bad. How disgusting to have foreign cells live on in your body, especially when they're up to some weird stuff over the course of your life.
Another interesting fact is that wikipedia has this to say about microchimerism (the existence of foreign cells in one's body):
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Moreover, fetal immune cells have also been frequently found in breast cancer stroma as compared to samples taken from healthy women. It is not clear, however, whether fetal cell lines promote the development of tumors or, contrarily, protect women from developing breast carcinoma.
Of course wikipedia is not some scientific authority, but their science entries are generally quite informative and balanced. It's interesting to note that the breast cancer link has been brought up because everywhere else it says that not shitting out a loaf is a sure path to breast cancer. I suppose that more people than care to admit know the truth but need to toe natalism's line by saying that loafing is good for you. Can you imagine what would happen if word got out that sprogging gives you cancer?
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Re: Pregnancy is a war in the womb August 18, 2014 |
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mistress rotwang
So a loaf really is a form of cancer? Good to know.
I'm a developmental biologist and in this field plenty of people come in from previous jobs in cancer research, or go on to work in cancer research. After all, cancer is just development gone wrong, and the two things involve the same processes, which is why the transplantation of embryonic stem cells can cause cancer. Yep, perhaps early-stage embryos really are just little balls of cancer...
I had a discussion about this at work after reading this article where commenters called out the writer for daring to refer to a little mirakul as a "parasite" and sggested that sprogs are more like symbionts- we agreed that the definition of parasite fits because a foetus takes from the "host" and gives nothing back- and "looking after you when you're old" doesn't really count here
If you want to see something really freaky try reading about teratomas- but don't do a Google image search until long after you've eaten :hs Also don't read this if you don't want to know how even a committed CF person, even if they're a man, can end up with a foetus growing inside them...
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Re: Pregnancy is a war in the womb August 19, 2014 |
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To their shock they found instead that – implanted in the brain, testis or eye of a mouse – the embryo went wild. Placental cells rampaged through surrounding tissues, slaughtering everything in their path as they hunted for arteries to sate their thirst for nutrients.
I feel terrible for these mice.
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