OICR-led study shows that environmental exposures such as air pollution are more determinant of respiratory health than inherited genetics

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By mmillikinMar 8, 2018, 6:45 am262 pts
Researchers from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), with colleagues at other institutions in Canada and the UK, have found strong evidence that environmental exposures, including air pollution, affect gene expressions associated with respiratory diseases much more than genetic ancestry. The…

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