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Desh Sewak (Índia)
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Low protein diet in pregnancy may up prostate cancer risk in kids later

Publicado em 25 de janeiro de 2024
Children born to women who were malnourished during pregnancy tend to face a higher risk of prostate cancer in adulthood, according to two studies in mice. In the first study, researchers at Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil detected alterations in gene expression that may have been associated with the hormone imbalance observed in the rats’ offspring and the heightened risk of prostate cancer. “Lack of protein during gestation and lactation deregulates the [...]