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Science has entered the world of kids’ fashion and the results are fabulous! This past weekend, BC Children’s Hospital and Vancouver Community College (VCC) presented their new kids’ spring/summer 2020 fashion collection at Vancouver Kids Fashion Week.

Scientists have developed a molecular “clock” that could reshape how pediatricians measure and monitor childhood growth and potentially allow for an earlier diagnosis of life-altering development disorders.

BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia researchers, Dr. Michael Kobor and Dr. Yvonne Lamers, are leading two new international projects investigating the relationship between diet, the epigenome and health thanks to almost $900,000 in funding from CIHR.

When it comes to fetal alcohol syndrome disorder (FASD), the math is clear: early diagnosis + early treatment = best possible outcomes.

Children who are abused might carry the imprint of that trauma in their cells – a biochemical marking that is detectable years later, according to new research from BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia and Harvard University.

Can experiences in infancy and childhood affect our health later in life? Are we born with our personalities or are they shaped by our earliest surroundings and social interactions? Do social and environmental conditions contribute to disease by turning genes “on” and “off”?