Prenatal Exposure To Famine May Lead To Persistent Epigenetic Changes
Monday, November 3, 2008 - 10:28
in Health & Medicine
Prenatal exposure to famine can lead to epigenetic changes that may affect a person's health into midlife. New findings show a trickle-down effect from pregnant women to the DNA of their unborn children and the timeframe over which such early damage can operate. These data are the first to show that early-life environmental conditions can cause epigenetic changes in humans that persist throughout life.