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1May

Breast Milk Drives Growth of Gut Flora, Infant Immune System

Medscape

Jenni Laidman

May 1, 2012 — Researchers at Texas A&M University caught some of the conversation between gut microbes and infant genes that appear to help the breast-fed infant make a safe transition from life in the womb to life outside, a study published April 29 in the open-access journal Genome Biology reports.
The study, which confirms earlier findings that show breast-feeding gooses the developing immune system, elucidated the chatter between genes in the developing infant and the gut bacteria by analyzing the relationship between bacterial communities found in the guts of 6 breast-fed 3-month-olds and 6 formula-fed 3-month-olds. The researchers compared the gut microbiome information to gene expression levels in the infant gut and identified genes involved in immunity and defense with altered expression levels in relation to the gut bacteria in breast-fed infants. [Read more…] about Breast Milk Drives Growth of Gut Flora, Infant Immune System

31May

Chapkin Awarded Distinguished Achievement for Research

ChapkinDr. Robert Chapkin, Professor of Nutrition, of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, and of Biochemistry and Biophysics, was one of six recipients of the Distinguished Achievement Award for Research. This award recognizes and rewards those individuals whose research efforts have been particularly significant and outstanding work is recognized locally, nationally and internationally. The results of these research efforts have added substantially to the basic body of knowledge, contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, and/or encouraged additional research. These scholarly pursuits can take many forms. In the words of Vision 2020, “research, as the creation of knowledge in the broades sense, encompasses all forms of scholarship from creation of works of art and literature through evaluation and reorganization of knowledge to investigations into the preservation, transmission and application of knowledge.” [Read more…] about Chapkin Awarded Distinguished Achievement for Research

6Jul

CPRIT Awards A&M Professors Grants for Cancer Research

“The cost of cancer to Texas every year is about $30 billion, so it’s extremely important that we fight this terrible disease,” Texas A&M Vice President for Research Jeffrey Seemann said. “Texas A&M is saying that we very much want to be part of that fight.”

Continue Reading….CPRIT awards

13May

Why Is Breast Milk Best? It’s All in the Genes

Science Daily Is breast milk so different from infant formula? The ability to track which genes are operating in an infant’s intestine has allowed University of Illinois scientists to compare the early development of breast-fed and formula-fed babies. They say the difference is very real. Continue Reading….

14Apr

Welcome!

Research in the Chapkin lab focuses on dietary/microbial modulators related to the prevention of cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases.  The lab has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the past 29 years.
 

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Our laboratory is located on the first floor of the Nutrition and Food Sciences building, Cater Mattil on the Texas A&M West Campus.

For driving directions, start here.

 

Chapkin Laboratory
Lab Phone: 979-845-0448
Office Phone: 979-845-2142
E-mail: r-chapkin@tamu.edu

 

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Robert Chapkin
2253 TAMU, 112 Cater-Mattil
College Station, TX 77843-2253

 

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Robert Chapkin
373 Olsen Blvd.
College Station, TX 77843-2253

 

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