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Cells from baby and rheumatoid arthritis
From the Nelson lab, Clinical Research Division

The link between baby’s cells and mom’s disease risk
Why does mom’s risk for rheumatoid arthritis skyrocket when her baby has a gene that protects against it?

Malaria during pregnancy can alter babies’ immunity
Mothers infected with the mosquito-borne parasite during pregnancy can pass more of their own cells to their offspring and change their babies’ risk of later infection, new study shows

A lasting Mother's Day gift -- baby's cells
Baby's and mom's cells mingle during pregnancy and those that stick around have broad impacts on health -- from cancer to diabetes

Hutchinson Center study finds male DNA in women's brains
Research in Dr. Lee Nelson's lab is first to show high frequency of male microchimerism in female brain; further study needed to determine medical implications

Pregnancy may lower rheumatoid arthritis risk
Mothers nearly 40 percent less likely to have the disease

The ties that bind: mothers and offspring can share cells throughout life — with positive and negative effects
On Mother's Day May 11, give her flowers but amaze her with science

Why pregnancy pauses the pain of arthritis
Nelson Lab study finds correlation between arthritis activity and serum fetal DNA concentration during and after pregnancy