Offspring

Studies have shown that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can alter the brain and behavioral development of gestating offspring. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against maternal alcohol consumption during…

In the highest quartile, the risk was found to be 46 per cent higher compared to the lowest quartile. The researchers reported that the risk of an autism diagnosis varied directly with lithium levels. Higher levels of lithium in household…

A large study looking at the effects of fertility treatment has found no robust difference in blood pressure, heart rate, lipids, and glucose measurements between children conceived naturally and those conceived using assisted reproductive…

The male reproductive system serves as a hotspot for the emergence of new genes. Perhaps that explains why more new mutations are inherited from fathers than from mothers. It doesn't, however, clarify why older fathers pass on more…

Whether radiation exposure of fathers can have consequences on their children is one of the most long-standing questions in radiation biology. Using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model, Professor Dr Björn Schumacher and his team…

A mouse study by Kristin Stanford, a physiology and cell biology researcher with The Ohio State University College of Medicine at the Wexner Medical Center, provides new ways to determine how maternal and paternal exercise improve metabolic…

The offspring of a legendary Nova Scotia racehorse has won the only race that his sire lost. Somebeachsomewhere was considered one of the best harness racing horses of all time, winning 20 of 21 career races. The only one he lost was the…

Hello! Hello! As the week draws to an end, there are some great movements and stories building this week in the world of sports and beyond. I love family stories about legacies. So we begin this week's happy online notebook entry at the…

Parental smoking is a significant risk factor for developing smoking behavior and nicotine dependence in offspring. These findings suggest that parental nicotine exposure may promote addiction-like behaviors in subsequent generations. Given…

A recent study conducted by the University of Colorado has pointed out that obesity in pregnant women can affect the offspring even before they are born. The study published in the journal, ‘The Journal of Physiology’ stated that a foetus’s…