An industrial chemical—phased out since 2002, but previously used in stain and water-repellent products and firefighting foam—alters the gut microbiome of mice and could have implications for human health, according to ...
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Ever since humans domesticated the dog, the faithful, obedient and protective animal has provided its owner with companionship and emotional well-being. Now, a study from Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that being around ...
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Scientists with the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health report motor skills problems in children exposed during pregnancy to plasticizer chemicals ...
Feb 21, 2019
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Forty to 60 percent of all people treated for substance use disorders relapse, presenting a major challenge to treatment success. New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine shows that disrupting memories ...
Jan 22, 2019
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Both genes and the environment shape a person's risk of disease, but while genes are frequently cataloged, perturbed, activated, turned off and systematically tested in the lab, environmental exposures are often studied as ...
Jan 17, 2019
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From burning your palm on a hot pan handle to memorizing the name of a new acquaintance, "anytime you experience something, your neurons are active," says Kelsey Tyssowski, a graduate student in genetics at Harvard Medical ...
Apr 27, 2018
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An international study led by scientists from Inserm and Paris Diderot University (France), the University of Chicago (USA), the National Heart and Lung Institute (UK) and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus ...
Dec 22, 2017
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New research from North Carolina State University reveals that prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) at levels below those currently considered safe for humans affects gene expression related to sexual differentiation and ...
Oct 31, 2017
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New Northwestern University research underscores how environmental conditions early in development can cause inflammation in adulthood—an important risk factor for a wide range of diseases of aging, including cardiovascular ...
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Transcription factor Heat Shock Factor 1 (Hsf1), which the developing brain releases to shield the vital organ from the ravages of environmental stress, actually can contribute to impairing the embryonic brain when too much ...
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