Keeping Abreast

Response: Keeping abreast of new science.

Sinks and Jackson take strong issue with a recent paper in EHP by Gulson et al. (1) on the biokinetics of lead transfer from maternal bone and other body lead stores to nursing infants via human breast milk. I wrote an invited Research Highlights paper (2) that accompanied and discussed the larger context and implications of Gulson et al. While Sinks and Jackson did not include my paper in thei...

Keeping abreast of the mammary epithelial hierarchy and breast tumorigenesis.

The epithelium of the mammary gland exists in a highly dynamic state, undergoing dramatic morphogenetic changes during puberty, pregnancy, lactation, and regression. The recent identification of stem and progenitor populations in mouse and human mammary tissue has provided evidence that the mammary epithelium is organized in a hierarchical manner. Characterization of these normal epithelial sub...

Keeping abreast with long non-coding RNAs in mammary gland development and breast cancer

The majority of the human genome is transcribed, even though only 2% of transcripts encode proteins. Non-coding transcripts were originally dismissed as evolutionary junk or transcriptional noise, but with the development of whole genome technologies, these non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are emerging as molecules with vital roles in regulating gene expression. While shorter ncRNAs have been extensive...

VIRTUAL ISSUE: NUTRITION DURING PREGNANCY Diet and pregnancy: Keeping abreast of changes in advice

There is no special diet recommended for women before and during pregnancy, and, with a few exceptions, dietary recommendations are, in fact, very similar to those for other adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes a healthy diet based mainly on plant foods (WHO 2001) and in the UK, the main recommendation is to eat a healthy, balanced diet based on the ‘Eatwell Plate’ model (DH 200...

Abreast with the Times