First evidence of fetal DNA persisting in human brain tissue

Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 07:32 in Biology & Nature

Small portions of male DNA, most likely left over in a mother's body by a male fetus can be detected in the maternal brain relatively frequently, according to a report published Sept. 26 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by William Chan of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and his colleagues.

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