Research Shows Smoking Effects Second Generation Offspring

 

 

 

 

Research article
Perinatal nicotine exposure induces asthma in second generation offspring
Virender K Rehan, Jie Liu, Erum Naeem, Jia Tian, Reiko Sakurai, Kenny Kwong, Omid Akbari, John S Torday
BMC Medicine 2012, 10:129

Conclusions

"Germline epigenetic marks imposed by exposure to nicotine during pregnancy can become permanently programmed and transferred through the germline to subsequent generations, a ground-breaking finding that shifts the current asthma paradigm, opening up many new avenues to explore."

Date Change for the Next NASN Primary Sports Nutrition Seminar

 

The NASN Primary Sports Nutrition Seminar Scheduled for December 1st and 2nd has been moved back a week to December 8th & 9th.  So you still have time to register before the deadline!  JUST DO IT NOW! We need at least 8 registered to have the seminar and that means 2 more must register.


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