January 4, 2025. Kshitiz lab has been drawing parallels between MFI to cancer (which are your own cells transformed) and the non-cancer cells of your body. The paper published in Cells & Development shows how the placental cells reverse the mother’s defenses and let themselves be invaded by the fetal cells. Specifically, the maternal cells lay down a lot of matrix, but the wily placental cells signal to them to reverse these defenses.

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