I'm delighted to share our latest publication describing the results of an experiment that is not possible to do in human, asking the question: Can the placental (and cell free fetal DNA) methylome predict brain and behavior of the offspring?
https://t.co/YygSVpp3oH
Autism Spectrum Disorder development is often the result of an interplay between genetic and environmental factors, but what can epigenetics tell us about that interplay? Read more in mine and @jmlasalle123 Current Opinion article!
https://t.co/9Qb2tqJ5Gh
Delighted to share our publication in Genome Biology introducing NHIP, a novel gene locus associated with autism, discovered in placenta https://t.co/NnviQ6ZdR6 NHIP stands for neuronal hypoxia inducible, placenta associated 1/7
Solid overview here of ongoing development in the COVID vaccine space. It's easy to get Pfizer-Moderna tunnel vision in the states, but if we want to transition into an endemic COVID future we'll need as many weapons in our anti-viral arsenal as we can get. #DEB263
What do next generation COVID-19 shots need? @AGKootenay and @ky_lahucik take a look at what companies need to break into the waning market
https://t.co/7rEaVEwRmL
COVID vaccination coverage in pregnant women has remained low in the US, but a new national cohort study from Scotland reaffirms how dangerous COVID can be to unvaccinated mothers and their babies.
Yet another example of the consequences of anti-vax rhetoric.
#DEB263
COVID-19 in #Pregnancy in Scotland study reveals substantially lower #vaccine uptake in pregnant women than in the general female population and not being vaccinated is associated with increased risk of severe complications of #COVID19 in pregnancy.
https://t.co/DTuTdmekkD
The misleading marketing of prenatal screening tests as pseudo-diagnostic results in real harm, as this Times article so thoroughly reveals.
This is not just a failure of patient communication, it’s a failure of refereeing the language used to market testing products.
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"How is this happening to me?" A 32-year-old pregnant woman received a call from her doctor's office saying that a prenatal blood test indicated that her fetus might be missing part of a chromosome. https://t.co/aTXphKimYF