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Orchids or Racehorses
Orchids and Racehorses In the conference I attended this week in Paris, IACAPAP, I heard many stimulating presentations; I will probably write about some of them in the coming weeks. One that comes immediately to mind was by a researcher named Mar...
March IPMH Meeting: Epigenetics II
(Continuation of Barry Lester's presentation with discussion) What are some long-term prenatal stressors that affect placental genes? These risk factors may play a role in future problems but do not predict the future. What they can do is alter th...
March Infant Parent Mental Health Meeting: Epigenetics I
Barry Lester taught us about epigenetics. He started with reviewing the background of “fetal origins” and the concept of “fetal programming”. Can the study of genes and environment at the cellular level inform us about molecular influences on beha...