Project

Learn about the rationale of the MAMELI (MApping the Methylation of repetitive elements to track the Exposome effects on health: the city of Legnano as a LIving lab) Project in the sections below

The background of our hypothesis

Environmental impact on health and the Exposome According to the WHO (World Health Organization), an estimated 24% of the global disease burden and 23% of all deaths can be attributed...

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Hypothesis

The current literature generally assumes that changes in RE methylation are invariably detrimental to the health of the affected individual. In contrast, MAMELI (MApping the Methylation of repetitive elements to...

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Objectives

The MAMELI (MApping the Methylation of repetitive elements to track the Exposome effects on health: the city of Legnano as a LIving lab) project will enrol 6200 participants from Legnano...

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