The answer is no, because the same gene which is used by a baby is used by these women because they carry it anyway. They're just activating it in a different set of tissues to get the same effect as the gene would have in a baby developing inside the mother, but at a totally different site.
That's what's wonderful about the huge genetic recipe book we have. We can redeploy the genes and their functions all over the body to do the same job in different places or even by tweaking the gene a bit, a totally different job, using almost the same gene.
No, because most of the genes in foetus and mother are same. The cells in different tissues have same genomic material but the expression of genes differs. This is because of gene regulation. Similarly, immunity raised by the foetus is already available in mother’s tissue. The foetus induces the immunity in different tissue which does not show any benefit to the mother.
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Explain the role of innate immune cells such as macrophages and dendritic cells in adaptive immunity in regards to cancer.
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should a pregnant women be Punished for Exposing Her Fetus to Risk. please explain breifly and complete sentences.
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Which of the following statements is TRUE with regards to coding pregnant women with diabetes? Group of answer choices 1) Pregnant women with diabetes should be assigned a code from category O24, Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, first, followed by the appropriate diabetes mellitus code (E08–E13). 2) Pregnant women with diabetes should be assigned the appropriate diabetes code (E08–E13) first, followed by a code from category O24, Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. 3) Pregnant...