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Healthy Placentas Are Tumor-Like In Structure, Containing Loads Of Genetic Mutations – IFLScience
When an egg and sperm fuse in human pregnancy, the developing ball of cells has the potential to differentiate into just about anything in the human body.
When an egg and sperm fuse in human pregnancy, the developing ball of cells has the potential to differentiate into just about anything in the human body. Some will form the placenta, a unique organ that essentially hacks the mothers circulatory system as a means of perfusing the developing fetus (sometimes collecting soot and microplastics in the process). It can even moderate the blood, removing waste products and regulating hormones to the benefit of mother and baby. Now, new research published…
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