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Author: Laetitia Meyrueix

Nutrition Doctoral Student, housed in Genetics. Getting the Best of Both Worlds with Epigenetics.

Blog / Autoimmunity and the Placenta -The Pregnancy Compensation Hypothesis

February 27, 2020February 28, 2020 / Laetitia Meyrueix /

The sex differences in autoimmune diseases have yet to be clearly understood. A new hypothesis called the pregnancy compensation hypothesis attempts to pull in many factors to better explain why we see these differences between males and females.

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Health Immune system Pregnancy

Blog / Flossing your way to cancer

April 19, 2019May 6, 2019 / Laetitia Meyrueix /

Toxins are everywhere these days. In your water, in your food, in your beauty products, in mostly everything you consume or surround yourself with. Most importantly, toxins are in the…

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flossing fluorosurfactants PFAS polymers toxins

Blog / Science is not just for Scientists

October 10, 2018October 23, 2018 / Laetitia Meyrueix /

Science is not just for scientists. There are ways for everyone to be involved and contribute, and citizen science is opening the door. Citizen science is defined by the involvement…

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citizen science citizen science alliance collaboration public engagement scientific outreach

Blog / Epigenetics: The Software of the DNA Hardware

February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 / Laetitia Meyrueix / 1

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an amazing endeavor to map the full human genome, and so intense an effort that it required an international collaborative research team. One of…

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Biology Chemistry Genetics Medicine

Blog / Whole Milk, how about that?

June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 / Laetitia Meyrueix /

Many of us can still remember seeing our favorite pop singers with the perfect milk mustache on commercials for “Got milk?”. Later, in the school cafeteria, we would try to…

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Everyday Questions Food Medicine nutrition

Blog / To Drink or Not to Drink?

February 3, 2017February 2, 2017 / Laetitia Meyrueix /

Every day the media bombards consumers with different recommendations regarding the amount of food to consume, important micronutrients to keep in mind, and general advice about what you should be…

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