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New Link Between Mother's Pregnancy Diet and Offspring's Chances of Obesity Found
April 18, 2011 — Scientists have discovered that a mother's nutrition during pregnancy can strongly influence her child's risk of obesity many years later, by altering their ... > full story -
Traumatizing Your DNA: Researcher Warns That It Isn't 'All in the Genes'
March 23, 2011 — After an exhaustive survey of contemporary epigenetics studies, one researcher has concluded that some of the effects of stress, cancer and other chronic diseases may be passed on to our offspring -- ... > full story -
Why Poor Diet During Pregnancy Negatively Affects Offspring's Long-Term Health
March 7, 2011 — Poor diet during pregnancy increases offspring's vulnerability to the effects of aging, new research has shown for the first ... > full story -
Cell Reprogramming Leaves a 'Footprint' Behind
February 2, 2011 — Reprogramming adult cells to recapture their youthful "can-do-it-all" attitude appears to leave an indelible mark, researchers found. When researchers scoured the epigenomes of so-called induced ... > full story -
Molecular Mechanism Links Stress With Predisposition for Depression
January 26, 2011 — A new study provides insight into how stress impacts the brain and may help to explain why some individuals are predisposed to depression when they experience chronic stress. The research reveals ... > full story -
Scientists Bring Cancer Cells Back Under Control
January 18, 2011 — Scientists have brought cancer cells back under normal control -- by reactivating their cancer suppressor genes. The discovery could form a powerful new technology platform for the treatment of ... > full story -
Molecular Rationale for Combining Targeted Agents to Treat Breast Cancer
January 14, 2011 — A new study provides a rational for treating breast cancer by combining two kinds of targeted agents, one that inhibits an overactive, cancer-causing signaling pathway in cancer cells and one that ... > full story -
Deep Genomics: In the Case of DNA, the Package Can Be as Important as Its Contents, New Work With Fruit Flies Reveals
January 13, 2011 — The modENCODE project is a massive ongoing effort to map all the elements in model organisms that affect whether genes are silenced or expressed. The research is part of the burgeoning new field of ... > full story -
You Are What Your Father Ate, Too: Paternal Diet Affects Lipid Metabolizing Genes in Offspring, Research Suggests
December 23, 2010 — We aren't just what we eat; we are what our parents ate, too. That's an emerging idea that is bolstered by a new study showing that mice sired by fathers fed on a low-protein diet show distinct and ... > full story -
Breakthrough in Melanoma Research: Protein Suppresses Progression of Melanoma
December 22, 2010 — In a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for patients with malignant melanoma, researchers have discovered that a particular protein suppresses the progression of melanoma through ... > full story
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