Mark Walker

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that self-reported smoking exposure during pregnancy is highly accurate and the high correlation coefficient suggests that this is a robust surrogate for cotinine levels.

TL;DR: This analysis suggests that lanthipeptide biosynthetic pathways, and by extrapolation the natural products themselves, are much more diverse than currently appreciated and contain many different posttranslational modifications.

TL;DR: The risk of neonatal deaths, especially for term infants with asphyxia-related deaths, is increased for the second twins who are delivered by cesarean delivery after vaginal delivery of the first twins.

TL;DR: The final multiple regression models indicated that lower gravida, term gestational age, smoking during pregnancy and vaginal delivery were significantly associated with higher levels of PFOS, and a vaginal delivery was significantlyassociated with higher PFOA, while weak associations were found with lower Gravida and birth weight less than 2500 g.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the persistence of impaired insulin responsiveness in some of the relative cultures supports the role of inherited factors in the insulin resistance of type 2 diabetes and that the association with increased basal glucose uptake suggests that the 2 abnormalities may be linked.