Reminder: Dr. J. Lee Nelson to Give Distinguished Lecture Feb. 16
 The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences invites everyone to attend a lecture given by the 2006 College Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. J. Lee Nelson, Professor of Rheumatology and a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Dr. Nelson will speak on Thursday, Feb. 16, at noon, in the Pathology Building, Room 101. The title of her lecture is, "The Legacy of Maternal-Fetal Cell Traffic during Pregnancy: Microchimerism in Health and Disease." Microchimerism (Mc) is the term used to refer to a small population of cells within one individual that originated from another genetically distinct individual. In her work, Dr. Nelson is studying the biological effects of naturally acquired Mc from pregnancy. In information about her laboratory, Dr. Nelson notes, "It is very likely that the retained cells from pregnancy have some beneficial effects since we can find them in healthy people. We think that in some circumstances, however, they can have negative effects."
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