Margie Profet is an evolutionary biologist whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Science Times, Time, Newsweek, Mirabella, People, Omni, and The Economist. Her research on the function of pregnancy sickness attracted national and international attention; she won a MacArthur "Genius" award for her work. She is the author of Protecting Your Baby-to-Be: Preventing Birth Defects in the First Trimester and Pregnancy Sickness: Using Your Baby's Natural Defenses to Protect Your Baby-To-Be.

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