Elizabeth Racine—Freelance Editor, Writer, & More

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[Marc A. Scaringi @MarcScaringi]

@Newsweek Facebook is down globally #Facebook #Outage

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

During pregnancy, a small number of the baby's cells naturally pass through the placenta and enter the mother's blood circulation. This phenomenon, called fetal microchimerism, allows tiny groups of these fetal cells to settle in the mother's body and persist there for decades following childbirth.

What makes this particularly fascinating is that many of these fetal cells function similarly to stem cells. They can travel throughout the body, integrate into various tissues, and, in certain instances, respond to sites of injury.

Studies conducted over the last twenty years have detected fetal cells in areas undergoing repair, such as healing heart muscle, regenerating skin, recovering liver tissue, and other organs involved in regeneration. Some of these cells seem able to differentiate into the specific cell types required for repair—for example, becoming cardiac muscle cells, liver cells, or immune cells. Others may play a supportive role by secreting substances that promote tissue healing and dampen inflammation.

While their effects are not entirely predictable, fetal cells are repeatedly found in tissues actively engaged in repair.

[Kara et al. (2012): "Fetal Cells Traffic to Injured Maternal Myocardium and Undergo Cardiac Differentiation" (Circulation Research)]

[Wang et al. (2004): "Fetal cells in mother rats contribute to the remodeling of liver and kidney after injury" (Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications)]

[John Ziegler @Zigmanfreud]

If you are longing for a simpler time that is now gone forever, this video will likely hit HARD…
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[Elizabeth Racine—Freelance Editor, Writer, & More @ElizabethRacine]

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[Elizabeth Racine—Freelance Editor, Writer, & More @ElizabethRacine]

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[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: We in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West's managed decline.

[Modern Dad @ModernxDad]

How most people view their dads..

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Speaker Johnson responds to the Pope citing Matthew 23:35 to oppose Trump's deportations

"Sovereign borders are Biblical and right and just. It's not because we hate the people on the outside. It's because we love the people on the inside."

[Elizabeth Racine—Freelance Editor, Writer, & More @ElizabethRacine]

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[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

This Vatican-approved miracle fulfills one of the requirements for the beatification of Sheen.

James Engstrom, who was born in 2010, had a true knot in his umbilical cord that tightened during labor and cut off his oxygen supply, resulting in his stillbirth. His parents asked for the intercession of Fulton J. Sheen, and after remaining without a pulse for 61 minutes, the baby started breathing, which doctors said was not explainable by medical science.

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

Father Mike is such a gift

[Sassafrass84 @Sassafrass_84]

This is such a great video. Mamdani voters hear from a socialist survivor from Venezuela.

This is how you change minds.

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

“i may have to face countless troubles and deep disappointments, but I have resolved that, in every circumstance, I will treat everyone with courtesy and sincerity. No more than this can be expected of me.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel: The Idiot

[Fletch17 @RealFletch17]

WOW this hit hard!
Enjoy every minute!
It goes in a blink
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[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."

That changes now. The new CBS Evening News starts Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

[Fr. James A (Faith-Chat Platform) @frjamesa]

Did anyone else notice this about the movie “Home Alone”?

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[Elizabeth Racine—Freelance Editor, Writer, & More @ElizabethRacine]

@ThrillaRilla369 I remember!

[FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash]

New... I can confirm that the FBI arrested a Chinese national within the United States who allegedly smuggled a dangerous biological pathogen into the country.

The individual, Yunqing Jian, is alleged to have smuggled a dangerous fungus called "Fusarium graminearum," which is an agroterrorism agent, into the U.S. to research at the University of Michigan, where she works.

This fungus can cause a disease called "head blight," a disease of wheat, barley, maize, and rice, causing significant health issues in both humans and livestock. It is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year.

Evidence also indicates Jian had expressed loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party and had received funding from the Chinese government for similar work on this pathogen in China.

Jian’s boyfriend, Zunyong Liu — also charged in the complaint — works at a Chinese university where he conducts research on the same pathogen. Liu is alleged to have first lied, then admitted, to also smuggling Fusarium graminearum into America—through the Detroit Metropolitan Airport—so that he too could conduct research the University of Michigan.

Both individuals have been charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements, and visa fraud.

This case is a sobering reminder that the CCP is working around the clock to deploy operatives and researchers to infiltrate American institutions and target our food supply, which would have grave consequences... putting American lives and our economy at serious risk.

Your FBI will continue working tirelessly to be on guard against it.

Our @FBIDetroit team did excellent work in this case partnering with @CBP.

Justice will be done.

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

REPORTER: The two astronauts that you just helped save from space, they didn't get any overtime pay...

@POTUS: "If I have to, I'll pay it out of my own pocket... and I want to thank @elonmusk by the way because think if we don't have him."