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New research highlights the importance of the thymus in successful pregnancies – University of Birmingham

Findings from an international group of researchers reveal important changes that occur in the thymus to prevent miscarriages and gestational diabetes.

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Researchers found that during pregnancy, the female sex hormones instruct the thymus to produce Tregs specialised in dealing with physiological changes during pregnancy.
How the immune system adapts to pregnancies has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, findings from an international group of researchers, led by experts at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, reveal important changes that occur in the thymus to prevent miscarriages and gestational diabetes. The study was published today (23 December…

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