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March 22, 2019

New grants boost research into nutrition and the epigenome
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 the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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November 22, 2018

A step forward in a worldwide effort to create a diagnostic test for FASD
When it comes to fetal alcohol syndrome disorder (FASD), the math is clear: early diagnosis + early treatment = best possible outcomes.
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October 2, 2018

Child abuse could leave ‘molecular scars’ on its victims
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.

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