The Role of Microchimera in Autoimmune Diseases

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The cells are both part of the parent's self and also genetically foreign. So maybe, and again, emphasis on maybe this could be contributing to autoimmune diseases. And then the other possibility, which you are not going to like, is that these microchimera might also play a role in cancer.

Fetuses leave cells behind in their parents' bodies, where they braid themselves into tissues, and remain, for years. What are they doing in there?

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