For some time, reproductive immunologists have worked to understand the balance
between maternal tolerance of the fetus, maternal health, and fetal protection which leads to
successful pregnancy in mammalian species. We have always understood the potential
importance of multiple factors, including nutrition, genetics, anatomy, hormonal regulation,
environmental insult and many others. Yet, we still struggle to combine our knowledge of
these factors and immunology to finally understand complex diseases of pregnancy, such as …