Protecting axons in grandchildren

Trends Genet. 2023 Sep 22:S0168-9525(23)00222-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.09.005. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrenatal exposure to environmental agents can influence the fitness of not only the fetus, but also subsequent generations. In a recent study, Wang et al. demonstrated that feeding ursolic acid (UA), a plant-derived compound, to Caenorhabditis elegans mothers during their reproductive period prevented neurodegeneration in not only their offspring, but also the F2 progeny.PMID:37743186 | DOI:10.1016/j.tig.2023.09.005
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