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University of Michigan Health System

David Aronoff, University of Michigan Health System

Caption: U-M infectious disease specialist David Aronoff, M.D., examines a slide of animal uterine cells. Studying the effects of the drug misoprostol on immunity in the reproductive tract has revealed a possible explanation for the deaths of a handful of women who took the combination of RU-486 and misoprostol.

Credit: Scott Galvin-U-M Photo Services

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