MIRA Program enables Honors College undergraduate research
Sarah De Santos is one of the many Honors College students who are gaining valuable research experience through the Motivating Innovation and Research Achievement program.
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Sarah De Santos is one of the many Honors College students who are gaining valuable research experience through the Motivating Innovation and Research Achievement program.
If you find yourself battling chronic disease, your DNA and the environment may not be to blame as much as the chemical exposure of your ancestors. That’s…
"...if multiple generations get different exposures, then eventually there's an amplification or compounded effect on some diseases."
While exposure to a single substance like DDT has been shown to create inherited disease susceptibility, a recent study in animals found exposure to multiple different toxicants across generations can amplify those health problems.
Multiple toxic exposures amplify inherited disease risk more than a single substance like DDT.