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Parenting style affects children at molecular level
New research from BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine reveals that parenting style can affect how a child’s genes are expressed — and these biochemical alterations can be observed among infants as young as three months of age.
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Winner of the David Podmore Graduate Studentship is investigating the first-ever potential therapy for intestinal fibrosis
“I was born in an Iraqi refugee camp because my parents had to flee an ethnic cleansing campaign. My mother, who traversed mountains in worn-out sandals to escape from the violence, taught me the importance of implementing maktub into my life. Maktub is an Arabic word meaning “it is written.” It is a belief that…
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Fasting may help ward off bacterial infections according to study in mice
Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica bacteria protects mice from developing a full-blown infection, in part due to changes in the animals’ gut microbiomes, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens by Dr. Bruce Vallance and colleagues at BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia (UBC).
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