The epigenome is considered one of the most interesting and promising unexplored territories in the biosciences. Epigenetics, understood as the connection between genes and the environment, will enable us to understand, among other things, how lifestyle affects the expression of genes and why genetics do not fully determine our destiny

GONZALO CASINO | JANUARY 31ST, 2011

The recent preemptive closure of 4,700 farms in Germany, mainly dedicated to poultry and swine, has reopened the debate over dioxin contamination. The discussion focuses on aspects as important as toxicity thresholds, how to reduce exposure levels or how to improve the oversight of production processes

XAVIER PUJOL GEBELLÍ| JANUARY 14TH, 2010

Persistent organic pollutants are an invisible but real threat to human health. They are present in food and in many consumer items, from which they pass to the environment and the human body, where they accumulate with age. Many mimic hormones and contribute to a significant portion of chronic diseases

GONZALO CASINO | JANUARY 10TH, 2011

Since the human genome was first sequenced thousand of DNA regions associated with various diseases and physical traits have been identified. But to better study these associations a detailed map of the major variants in our genome is needed. The pilot phase of an international project has now revealed eight million unknown variants.

GONZALO CASINO | NOVEMBER 17TH, 2010