News tagged with retarded growth

Flame retardant linked to altered thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy

Pregnant women with higher blood levels of a common flame retardant had altered thyroid hormone levels, a result that could have implications for fetal health, according to a new study led by researchers at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The new 'epigenetics:' Poor nutrition in the womb causes permanent genetic changes in the offspring

The new science of epigenetics explains how genes can be modified by the environment, and a prime result of epigenetic inquiry has just been published online in The FASEB Journal: You are what your mother did not eat during ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Possible new hope for crops battling parasitic infection

Scientists from Ghent University and VIB (The Flemisch Institute for Biotechnology) have demonstrated how nematodes, also known as roundworms, manipulate the transport of the plant hormone auxin in order to force the plant ...

Biology /

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0