Exposure to micronutrients pre-pregnancy associated with gene modifications in offspring

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

The offspring of women who were given micronutrient supplements (minerals needed in small quantities, such as iron, iodine and vitamin A) before they became pregnant had gene modifications at birth as well as when they were tested at nine months.

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