The thymus as key to healthy pregnancies

(IMBA- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) How the immune system adapts to pregnancy has puzzled researchers for decades. An international team of researchers, including scientists from IMBA (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has now discovered that important changes in the thymus occur in order to prevent miscarriages and gestational diabetes. The results are published in the journal Nature.
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