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Male DNA Found In Female Brains
Science News ^ | 11-3-2012 | Laura Sanders

Posted on 11/04/2012 10:20:50 AM PST by blam

Male DNA Found In Female Brains

Discovery suggests fetal cells can slip through blood-brain barrier

By Laura Sanders
November 3, 2012; Vol.182 #9 (p. 12)

Children live on in their mothers’ brains for decades, and not just as memories. Scientists have found pockets of male DNA, presumably from boy fetuses, in the brain tissue of women who died in their 70s.

Not only is male DNA present in women’s brains, it’s common, researchers report online September 26 in PLOS ONE. J. Lee Nelson of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and her colleagues found snippets of a male-only gene in the brains of 18 of 26 women who died without neurological disease. The male DNA was spread throughout their brains.

The technique used in the study couldn’t distinguish if the DNA was from intact, functional brain cells, though in a separate test of brain tissue from a different woman, Nelson and colleagues did spot nuclei from male cells in the brain. Earlier studies in mice hinted that these foreign cells can integrate themselves into the brain and start functioning as nerve cells.

So far, cells from fetuses have turned up in women’s blood, livers, lungs, heart and other organs, so finding male DNA in the brain isn’t a complete shock, says geneticist Kirby Johnson of Tufts University in Medford, Mass., who wasn’t involved in the study. “From everything we knew, it’s not really that surprising.”What’s interesting is how the DNA could have gotten there. Male cells from a fetus could have broken through the blood-brain barrier — a wall that protects the fragile brain from pathogens in the blood. But that shouldn’t be possible, Johnson says.

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KEYWORDS: brains; dna; females; males
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I read a similar article years ago about some pernament changes that occur in a womens bodies only after she has birthed male children and were exposed to their testsosterone while they were still fetuses.
1 posted on 11/04/2012 10:20:54 AM PST by blam
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Doesn’t surprise me, it’s not like the barrier is perfect. It’s just tissue...


2 posted on 11/04/2012 10:24:17 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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Just what we need to hear on this site.


3 posted on 11/04/2012 10:26:08 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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Male DNA Found In Female Brains

Well that's no surprise, that's all they ever think about is how to get themselves some of that male DNA.

4 posted on 11/04/2012 10:30:50 AM PST by oldbrowser (Shellac Barac)
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To: blam
Blam ever been on the receiving end of a female estrogen attack? Got to be some testosterone there somewhere.
5 posted on 11/04/2012 10:32:15 AM PST by Little Bill (A)
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I know how it got there!

LLS


6 posted on 11/04/2012 10:36:16 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (OUR GOVERNMENT AND PRESS ARE NO LONGER TRUSTWORTHY OR DESERVING OF RESPECT!)
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To: Little Bill

The jokes on this thread should just write themselves but my wife is seated next to me and I won’t touch this with a ten foot pole.

Something about women with male DNA influenced brains being able to drive skillfully & vote based upon facts and logic would make a great OWWWWWWW! Stop hitting me dear!!!


7 posted on 11/04/2012 10:40:48 AM PST by elcid1970 ("Free speech is more important than Islam.")
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To: blam

One of my ex-GF’s in college threw a laptop at my head with a single swing when we broke up. I was 20 feet away and just grazed me. Yeah, there might be some truth to it.


8 posted on 11/04/2012 10:42:26 AM PST by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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9 posted on 11/04/2012 10:43:19 AM PST by dfwgator
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If that were true, they could drive and wouldn’t argue with men about things that are obvious.


10 posted on 11/04/2012 11:00:23 AM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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Forgot to mention that they could also instantly tell upon entering a bathroom whether the toilet seat is up or down and adjust it accordingly, rather than screaming and bitching about it.


11 posted on 11/04/2012 11:04:09 AM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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Don’t tell Sandra Fluke.


12 posted on 11/04/2012 11:07:53 AM PST by moovova (The infamous 3am call FINALLY came. Obama took the call...rolled over & went back to sleep.)
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I’ll just bet there’s another way to get male dna into the female brain but I won’t mention it here because I would probably get the boot.


13 posted on 11/04/2012 11:15:25 AM PST by Lacey2
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To: blam
Goes both ways?


14 posted on 11/04/2012 11:16:58 AM PST by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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Ok, Let the double entendres begin!


15 posted on 11/04/2012 11:21:08 AM PST by Randy Larsen (Aim small, Miss small.)
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I just can't find a clean way to say it. I just can't.


16 posted on 11/04/2012 11:30:22 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Worst. President. Ever.)
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Makes one wonder why the vote was restricted to men for so long. I used to attend Bruins games in Boston and those that cried the loudest for blood on the Ice had mammeries, I imagine it was the same in Rome.

We need an outlet, like the Indians had, let the women express their feelings by butchering the Prisoners.

17 posted on 11/04/2012 11:37:12 AM PST by Little Bill (A)
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Yeah, and in Monica Lewinsky’s case all over her clothing.


18 posted on 11/04/2012 11:46:18 AM PST by Jaxter ("Pro Aris et Focis")
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To: dayglored

Unfortunately not ENOUGH male DNA as these dumb-ass females vote for Obama!


19 posted on 11/04/2012 11:54:10 AM PST by Oldpuppymax
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Male DNA Found In Female Brains I just can't find a clean way to say it. I just can't.

Me either, OMG I can't quit laughing...

20 posted on 11/04/2012 11:56:09 AM PST by lwoodham (I am Andrew Breitbart. Don't doubt me on this.)
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