Sentences with phrase «know environmental triggers»

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But it's not yet known whether the gene, if present, is then expressed, or whether an undetermined environmental trigger sets it off.

It is only now, more than three decades later, that science has the tools to see that this legacy of trauma becomes etched in our DNA — a process known as epigenetics, in which environmental factors trigger genetic changes that may be passed on, just as surely as blue eyes and crooked smiles.

A study in this week's Neuron provides key evidence that DNA methylation — also known to occur as cancerous cells divide, when tumor suppressor genes are silenced — occurs in adult brains and can be triggered by environmental cues.

«What we do know is this study is a clear indication that eating DHA can prevent this one type of environmental triggering of lupus,» Pestka said.

Neuroscientists have known that stimuli — sensory experiences such as touch or sound, metabolic changes, injury and other environmental experiences — can trigger the activation of genetic programs within the brain.

Asthmatics Should Look for Fakegrances as Causes I don't want to downplay those good old - fashioned allergens such as ragweed and cats, but according to the Environmental Working Group, «Fragrance formulas are considered to be among the top five known allergens and can trigger asthma attacks.»

Besides causing many digestive disorders Helicobacter pylori is known to be one of environmental triggers of autoimmunity and leading causes of both... [Read more...]

Many environmental triggers are known to activate asthmatic symptoms, such as cold air, chlorine, food and other allergies and even working out (leading to the so - called «exercise - induced asthma» name), but these don't cause asthma.

In addition to stress - triggered estrogen production, there are also environmental estrogens, known as xenoestrogens that elevate estrogen levels contributing to endometriosis.

While the exact cause of eczema is unknown, researchers do know that people who develop eczema do so because of a combination of genes and environmental triggers.

Researchers do know that children who develop eczema do so because of a combination of genes and environmental triggers.

Intradermal allergy test (IDT), also known as allergy skin testing, is the «gold standard» test performed to determine what environmental allergens trigger an allergic reaction in our allergic patients.

Environmental change is also a known trigger of human migration [162,163,164].