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Next Entries »Endocrine Disruptors and Epigenetics in an Evolutionary Perspective
Monday, June 12th, 2006Evolutionary biologist David Crews and colleague John McLachlan have published an interesting paper in the endocrine disruptor supplement in the June edition of the journal Endocrinology entitled “Epigenetics, Evolution, Endocrine Disruption, Health, and Disease.” The paper takes a closer look at some of the key research findings made in the last year in the area [...]
Soy Products: Good or Bad?
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006Following the research article on soy in their April issue, Environmental Health Perspectives has decided to focus their latest issue on “The Science of Soy: What Do We Really Know?” It’s a succinct summary of what little is known about the science of soy products, and how little is known about their benefits or risks. [...]
Nutrition During Pregnancy and Its Transgenerational, Epigenetic Effects
Friday, June 2nd, 2006Today Nature has published a news article highlighting the work of Dr. Rob Waterland of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Speaking at the Human Genome Organisation meeting in Helsinki, Finland, Dr. Waterland presented research showing that pregnant female mice that were fed a diet containing folic acid and vitamin B12 had [...]
Early Estrogen Exposure Increases Risk of Prostate Cancer
Thursday, June 1st, 2006New research published in the June 1 edition of Cancer Research shows that low doses of bisphenol A (BPA) delivered to female rats during pregnancy increases the risk of their male offspring developing prostate cancer later in life. The cause was found to be associated with the elevated level of eastradiol in the aging male [...]
Epigenetics Linked to Benefits of Soy
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006A new study by Duke Medical Center researchers showed that pregnant mice that ate a diet rich in genistein, an active ingriedient in soy, produced offspring that had an altered coat color and were less likely to develop obesity later in life. The cause of these significant changes was found to be an epigenetic [...]
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