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The Placenta and the Immune System
After a child is born, your body now knows about these proteins. Your body has developed an immune response to those proteins. So if Rob tries to donate a kidney to you, your body will reject it as if it's a virus It's come across before. That's exactly right. You have a new response to Rob now. And Leanne has an immune responded to me. I mean, we all know Leanne has a response to you, Steve. I didn't know it was immune. But yeah, I like the the placenta part of the job of the Placenta is to be super sneaky and avoid the immune system.
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