Diet & Nutrition
Pregnancy diets may be tailored to prevent birth defects
Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, August 28th, 2006
Researchers used transparent fish embryos to develop a way to discover how genes and diet interact to cause birth defects.
"By the time most women know they are pregnant, the development of the fetus' organs is essentially complete," said Bryce Mendelsohn, co-author and an MD/PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Washington University School of Medicine. "Since we currently do not understand the interaction between genetics and...
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