First evidence that prenatal exposure to famine may lead to persistent epigenetic changes

Friday, October 31, 2008 - 09:15 in Health & Medicine

A study initiated by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands suggests that prenatal exposure to famine can lead to epigenetic changes that may affect a person's health into midlife...

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