UofL research looks at effects of chronic toxin exposure, high-fat diet
The UofL investigators used in utero mouse models to look at how chronic exposure to the toxicants arsenic or cadmium in the womb would play out when those mice were grown. And, whether that exposure would exacerbate the negative health effects of a high-fat diet.
Dr. Chris States, associate dean for Research at the UofL School of Medicine and one of the lead investigators on this study, said chronic exposure can cause a variety of diseases in adults, including many cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Read More...