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SUMMARY:Cambridge Reading Group on Reproduction - February - Professor Gra
 ham Burton
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DESCRIPTION:Our reading group provides an interdisciplinary space for enga
 ging discussions on reproduction in all its forms. All welcome\, postgradu
 ate and staff! You'll need to be based in Cambridge though as sessions are
  in person only. \n\nTo find out more visit \nhttps://www.repro.cam.ac.uk/
 events/cambridge-reading-group-reproduction-february-0\n\nWe dive into tex
 ts that examine reproduction not only from biological and medical standpoi
 nts but also explore cultural\, social\, ethical\, and political dimension
 s. \n\nFebruary's meeting will be led by Professor Graham Burton\, Emeritu
 s Mary Marshall and Arthur Walton Professor of the Physiology of Reproduct
 ion (retired) and Founding Director of Loke Centre for Trophoblast Researc
 h\n\n*Introduction from Graham Burton\n\nMicrochimerism\; an underapprecia
 ted aspect of mother-offspring interaction or pregnancy epiphenomenon?*\nh
 ttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201500059\n\nDuring pregna
 ncy there is a bi-directional transfer of cells with stem-cell properties 
 across the placenta\; fetal cells passing to the mother and maternal cells
  to the fetus. In both situations a small number of the cells persist for 
 several decades\, and hence the phenomenon is referred to as microchimeris
 m.\n\nFirst recognised in the late 1990’s\, there are still many unresol
 ved questions about the significance\, if any\, of the traffic.\n\nThis se
 ssion will focus on the biology and implications of fetal cells persisting
  in the mother’s body. The review by Boddy et al. is not the most recent
  but presents a balanced introduction to the topic. More recent considerat
 ions that we might discuss include implications for surrogacy\, mother-bab
 y bonding\, and transgenerational trafficking.\n\nSession starts with lunc
 h at 12.30\, group convenes at 1pm and finishes 2pm with close at 2.30pm 
LOCATION:Room CGO 9 @ Student Services Centre - Old Cavendish East Wing
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