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What marsupials taught us about embryo implantation could help women using IVF

  • Written by Oliver Griffith, Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
imageShe must have had a successful pregnancy.Ryan Snyder, CC BY

What do a swollen sprained ankle and a new pregnancy have in common? Believe it or not, they’re both closely tied to the body’s inflammation response.

Inflammation is usually the first reaction of the immune system to the presence of injury or infection. It’s characterized...

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