Lactation
Researchers' work from University of Toronto, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute focuses on lactation
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 14th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Maternal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons diminishes murine ovarian reserve via induction of Harakiri.' According to a study from Toronto, Canada, "Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with a variety of adverse neonatal outcomes including altered reproductive performance. Herein we provide molecular evidence for a pathway involved in the elimination of the female germline due to prepregnancy and/or lactational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), environmental toxicants found in cigarette smoke."
"We show that ovaries of offspring born to mice exposed to PAHs contained only a third of...
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