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Du samedi 5 octobre au mardi 8 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

News

Sperm protein links father's lifestyle with offspring's health

Published: 9 October 2015

 

Finding suggests more attention needs to be paid to fathers' pre-conception health. CBC News

There's more and more evidence that men's lifestyle and environment long before they have kids can affect their future children's health. Now, a Canadian-led study has shed some light on how and why that effect occurs. McGill researchers Sarah Kimmins, Christine Lafleur, Keith Siklenka and Romain Lambrot were part of a team that found changes to signals in sperm proteins called histones can affect the health of a father's offspring.

 

Read more: McGill News Release; CBC News/Science & Technology

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