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december 31, 2014 - Nestle
Nestlé boosts research into cutting-edge maternal nutrition and epigenetics
Nestlé is to intensify its research in the field of epigenetics, the science of how eating behaviours and other environmental factors can affect your genes, health and that of your offspring, for future generations to come. The company has announced it will contribute CHF 22m to a six-year research partnership with an international alliance of researchers at institutions in Southampton, Auckland and Singapore, who make up the EpiGen Consortium. The jointly-funded public-private partnership will be one of the largest of its kind. Nestlé has been collaborating with the Consortium since 2011, studying how the diet and lifestyles of pregnant women influence the activity of their baby’s genes and how these subtle epigenetic changes impact the future healthy growth and development of their children...
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