date:Sep 25, 2012
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Writing in The FASEB Journal, Dr Mihai Niculescu and his colleagues reveal that the diet fed to a group of female before pregnancy chemically altered their DNA and such changes passed to her offspring.
These DNA alterations, known as epigenetic changes, drastically affected the pups' metabolism of many essential fatty acids, said the researchers who added that their results could have a profound impact on future research for diabetes, obesity, cancer, and immune disorders.
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