Cancer from fetal exposure to carcinogens depends on dose, timing
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
The cancer-causing potential of fetal exposure to carcinogens can vary substantially, causing different types of problems much later in life depending on the stage of pregnancy when the fetus is exposed. The research sheds further light on the way in which toxic damage early in life can later manifest itself as cancer, due to "epigenetic" changes in cells.