Could nutrition affect male infertility?
Nutrition may be key to some male infertility. NRI’s researcher Summer Goodson is investigating. Her study, seeking participants, was featured in the Health column in the Charlotte Observer in July 2014.
Study Identifies Gene Associated with Male Infertility
Fifteen of every hundred couples in the world who want to have children find it difficult or impossible to conceive. In about half those couples, the difficulty results from the male partner’s fertility. Now researchers at UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI),...NRI Faculty Member Receives Prestigious Award
Philip A. May, Ph.D., is this year’s recipient of the Henry Rosett Award, in recognition of his substantial contribution researching the field of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Dr. May received the award at the annual meeting of the FASD Study Group of the Research Society on Alcoholism in June.
Firsts for an NRI Young Scientist
Tracey He has the distinction of being the first NRI researcher to have earned a master’s degree while working in an NRI lab. Her story is one of passion and dedication.
Study Shows Mother’s Diet Affects Child’s Genes
NRI director Dr. Steven Zeisel is co-author of a study showing that a mother’s diet before conception can permanently affect how her child’s genes function. The study has been published in Nature Communications.