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EPIGENETICS, such as global placental methylation, plays a key role in the health outcomes of the fetus. These biochemical and genetic changes are in response to the local environment, including stressors, and can over-ride core genetic dispositions. http://rsx.sagepub.com/content/21/1/131.short View in LinkedIn

PLACENTAL GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES with trimester, clearly preparing the mother and baby for birth. When these go awry, problems arise. http://rsx.sagepub.com/content/20/6/710.short View in LinkedIn

ANECDOTAL TALE. "Maybe it was sheer coincidence that I went nuts right after I started taking my placental pills and returned to normal almost immediately after stopping." http://lnkd.in/dnPFaUD View in LinkedIn

FETAL SEX AFFECTS PLACENTAL GENES. "Analyzing 300 placenta samples, the researchers found more than 140 differences in gene expression between the male and female samples ... there were differences between male and female samples in genes encoding the LH and hCG hormones that promote placental growth." http://lnkd.in/dpZzaCp View in LinkedIn

HUMAN PLACENTOPHAGY. "Since the 1970s, however, consumption of the placenta believing that it has health benefits has been a growing practice among clients of midwives and alternative-health advocates in the U.S. and Mexico. http://lnkd.in/dvh3k9f View in LinkedIn

BIOBASH" "" "BARCELONA BIOBASH. " "WHEN: Tuesday July 17, 19-21 h; WHERE: Hotel Alma, C/ Mallorca 271; COST: free entry, pay bar; CONFIRM: hello@adventuracapital.com. Uniting the Barcelona bio community for their international projection. View in LinkedIn

"PLACENTOPHAGY is the act of mammals eating the placenta of their young after childbirth. The placenta contains high levels of prostaglandin which stimulates involution .... also contains small amounts of oxytocin which eases birth stress and causes the smooth muscles around the mammary cells to contract and eject milk." http://lnkd.in/dVY_bQG View in LinkedIn

ADVENTURA CAPITAL, BARCELONA BIOBASH. " "WHEN: Tuesday July 17, 19-21 h; WHERE: Hotel Alma, C/ Mallorca 271; COST: free entry, pay bar; CONFIRM: hello@adventuracapital.com. Uniting the Barcelona bio community for their international projection. View in LinkedIn

DOGGY BAG, ANYONE? "Some 40,000 laws went into effect as the ball dropped this year, but the weirdest one might be Oregon's new law allowing mothers to take their placentas home from the hospital." http://lnkd.in/dw_zNUf View in LinkedIn

DIVERSE HUMAN MICROBIOME. "Most of them are in your large intestine, but they thrive in your mouth, on your skin, and even in your bloodstream. The human gut contains on average: 40,000 bacterial species, 9 million unique bacterial genes and 100 trillion microbial cells." http://lnkd.in/dmVfv_P View in LinkedIn