5. In the recent past, the placenta, which is delivered after the birth of a fetus, was discarded as invaluable. Today, millions of dollars are being granted for research about the placenta for auto-immune diseases and patients receiving organ transplants. Can you think of why both of these different areas of research are interested in studying the placenta?

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