Public Release: 10-Oct-2018 University of Toronto Higher levels of urinary fluoride associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children Higher levels of urinary fluoride during pregnancy are associated with more ADHD-like symptoms in school-age children, according to University of… Read More ›
. Epigenetic effect
Dutch study estimates 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men set to develop dementia/parkinsonism/stroke
Public Release: 1-Oct-2018 Preventive strategies could, in theory, more than halve lifetime risk for those aged 85+, say researchers BMJ One in two women and one in three men will likely be diagnosed with dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or stroke… Read More ›
Scientists identify a new kind of human brain cell
Public Release: 27-Aug-2018 ‘Rosehip’ neurons not found in rodents, may be involved in fine-level control between regions of the human brain Allen Institute IMAGE: This is a digital reconstruction of a rosehip neuron in the human brain. Credit: Tamas… Read More ›
Our mitochondria are optimized to run at 122 degrees Fahrenheit ?
Public Release: 25-Jan-2018 Do our mitochondria run at 50 degrees C? PLOS Windows Live Blog Caption Left: Mitochondria of human cells illuminated by the thermo-sensitive probe. Four human cells, each with its nucleus (N) and its numerous hot filamentous mitochondria… Read More ›
Herbicides mysteriously lead to multiple diseases in great grand offspring
Public Release: 20-Sep-2017 WSU researchers see popular herbicide affecting health across generations Atrazine linked to diseases in grand- and great-grand offspring Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash.–First, the good news. Washington State University researchers have found that a rat exposed to… Read More ›
Exposure to antimicrobials during development may cause irreversible outcomes
Public Release: 9-Aug-2017 DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have discovered that exposure to environmental levels of triclocarban (TCC), an antibacterial chemical common in personal care products like soaps and lotions as well as in… Read More ›
You are what your grandmother ate: Intergenerational impacts of prenatal nourishment
Public Release: 7-Aug-2017 New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that parents’ own nutritional experiences in utero have an impact on how their children grow Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology A study published online in The FASEB… Read More ›
Epigenetics between the generations
Public Release: 17-Jul-2017 Max Planck researchers prove that we inherit more than just genes Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Caption Egg-cell of a female fruit fly with the egg cell in which H3K27me3 was made visible through green staining. This cell, together with… Read More ›
Scientists engineer animals with ancient genes to test causes of evolution
Public Release: 13-Jan-2017 Study overturns a textbook case of genetic adaptation University of Chicago Medical Center Scientists at the University of Chicago have created the first genetically modified animals containing reconstructed ancient genes, which they used to test… Read More ›
Famine alters metabolism for successive generations
Public Release: 12-Dec-2016 Brown University IMAGE: Major social upheavals during the Great Leap Forward are given some of the blame for a terrible famine that affected China in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The… Read More ›
