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Babies’ cells linger, may protect mothers

What would you say if we told you that when a woman has a baby, she gets not just a son or daughter, she gets an army of protective cells–gifts from her children that will stay inside her and defend her for the rest of her life? It’s such an enticingly beautiful idea, the scientists who proposed it worry that maybe it’s too beautiful.