Heart disease and diabetes can be passed on for generations
ANI
June 18, 2004
Washington, June 18 (ANI) – According to a study
conducted by the University of Edinburgh, babies exposed
to excess hormones in the womb, are not only at an
increased risk of developing heart disease and diabetes
later in life, but can also pass these risks to their
children also.
Researchers have reported in the American Journal of
Physiology, that genetic risks to the health of future
generations can come from either parent.
Scientists from the university have now shown in
laboratory tests that low birth weight and the increased
risk of diabetes can be passed by a mother or father to
their own children.
Researcher Dr Mandy Drake explains, the baby is normally
protected from the high levels of steroid hormones in the
mother by the placenta. However, studies have shown that
low birth weight babies have been exposed to higher
levels of the mother’s own steroid hormones crossing the
placenta during pregnancy.
"We believe that exposing the developing baby to excess
steroid hormones can alter the expression of key genes
which affect foetal growth and later risk of disease
which can be passed on to the next generation," Drake was
quoted as saying.
"We are now investigating the mechanisms behind this to
try and explain the short and long-term complications
associated with low birth weight in humans, which may
also have a significant impact upon the health of
subsequent generations," she added.
The better news is that the effect appears to be lost in
the third generation. This may explain why some diseases
appear to run in families for a couple of generations and
then slowly die out.
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