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During pregnancy, the breasts expand, resting heart rate speeds up, and organs shift to accommodate the growing fetus. And now, scientists have added one more item to this list: the gut grows dramatically.
"Our team has discovered an amazing new way how mother’s bodies change to keep babies healthy," study co-author Josef Penninger, a scientific director at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany, said in a statement. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.Beyond breast tissue, RANK is also found in the intestinal epithelium — but until now, little was known about its role there.
A similar thing happened in pregnant and breastfeeding mice, the team found. However, without RANK, these changes didn't occur. In separate experiments in which they genetically modified mice to not produce RANK, the intestines stayed the same.
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