When drinking affects the embryo
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The effects of rapid exposure to alcohol in early pregnancy – when a woman consumes as many as six drinks in an hour – can be detected in the placenta, an UdeM study on mice suggests.
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Original Title: Rapid alcohol exposure in early pregnancy (more than 6 drinks per hour) shows significant molecular changes in the placenta of mice, including alterations in gene expression and DNA methylation, an epigenetic marker that influences gene expression by acting like a switch