Public Release: 21-Jul-2017 The evolutionary history of a salivary protein may point to interbreeding between humans and an enigmatic ancient relative University at Buffalo IMAGE: In saliva, scientists have found hints that a “ghost” species of archaic human may have… Read More ›
. Epigenetic effect
New study finds evolution of brain and tooth size were not linked in humans
Public Release: 2-Jan-2017 Research challenges prevalent views that brain enlargement and dental reduction co-evolved George Washington University IMAGE: This is a 3-D reconstruction of a modern human cranium showing the teeth and endocranial cast. Credit: George Washington University… Read More ›
Low Fiber Diet and Extinction ?
We review the recent study ” Diet-induced extinctions in the gut microbiota compound over generations ” . Even though extinction is a fairly dramatic term, I am not so certain it is an inappropriate statement. Scientist here allude to that… Read More ›
Some genes ‘foreign’ in origin and not from our ancestors
Public Release: 12-Mar-2015 Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign’ genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ancient times, according to research published in the open-access journal Genome Biology BioMed Central Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign’ genes from… Read More ›
Exposure to endocrine disruptors during pregnancy affects the brain two generations later
PUBLIC RELEASE: 5-MAR-2015 San Diego, CA–Prenatal exposure to low doses of the environmental contaminants polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, change the developing brain in an area involved in metabolism, and some effects are apparent even two generations later, a new study… Read More ›
Study identifies first-ever human population adaptation to toxic chemical, arsenic
Public Release: 3-Mar-2015 Molecular Biology and Evolution (Oxford University Press) High up in the high Andes mountains of Argentina, researchers have identified the first-ever evidence of a population uniquely adapted to tolerate the toxic chemical arsenic. For thousands of years,… Read More ›
Do viruses make us smarter?
Public Release: 12-Jan-2015 A new study from Lund University in Sweden indicates that inherited viruses that are millions of years old play an important role in building up the complex networks that characterise the human brain. Researchers have long been… Read More ›
Would the Stress Vaccine Change Behavior and Moral Judgment?
American Medical Association’s online ethics journal Virtual Mentor. January 2012, Volume 14, Number 1: 60-67. OP-ED An Ethical Take on the “Stress Vaccine” Jennifer M. Ladd and Leo D. J. Ungar, MTS Chronic stress has been linked to severe declines… Read More ›
Folic acid deficiency can affect the health of great, great grandchildren
Contact: Genevieve Maul gm349@admin.cam.ac.uk 44-012-237-65542 University of Cambridge Deficiencies associated with spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities Folic acid deficiency can cause severe health problems in offspring, including spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities. A study out today… Read More ›
Fetal exposure to PVC plastic chemical linked to obesity in offspring: Over multiple generations
Contact: Tom Vasich tmvasich@uci.edu 949-824-6455 University of California – Irvine UCI study identifies transgenerational effects of obesogen compound tributyltin Irvine, Calif. — Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin – which is used in marine hull paint… Read More ›
Are GMOs “sterilizing” Serbia?
Timur Blokhin Dec 27, 2012 15:52 Moscow Time Photo: EPA It’s no time for joking in Serbia: the ban on GMOs currently in force could spoil the country’s relations with the United States, and close the doors of the WTO… Read More ›
The epigenetics of increasing weight through the generations ” resulting in amplification of obesity across generations “
Re-Post from 2008 Contact: Dipali Pathak pathak@bcm.edu 713-798-4710 Baylor College of Medicine Overweight mothers give birth to offspring who become even heavier, resulting in amplification of obesity across generations, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston who found that… Read More ›
Big Tobacco knew radioactive particles in cigarettes posed cancer risk but kept quiet
Public release date: 28-Sep-2011 -Requested Repost Contact: Kim Irwin kirwin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-206-2805 University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles for more than four decades and developed “deep and intimate” knowledge… Read More ›
Common flame retardant linked to social, behavioral and learning deficits
Study highlights the interaction between epigenetics and genetics and exposure to a flame retardant in mice Mice genetically engineered to be susceptible to autism-like behaviors that were exposed to a common flame retardant were less fertile and their offspring were… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 