Researchers Reveal How Chronic Inflammation Can Lead to Cancer
New research from MIT reveals how the immune system can create cancerous DNA mutations when fighting off infection. Chronic inflammation caused by disease or exposure…
Toxicology
Study Shows Nanoparticles in Consumer Products Can Damage DNA
Using high-speed screening technology to analyze DNA, a newly published study found that nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA. Thousands of…
Researchers Uncover Mode of Action of New Multiple Sclerosis Drug
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute and the University of Lübeck have uncovered the mode of action for dimethyl fumarate, a drug that was recently…
Yale Researchers Find Hope for Safe and Novel Painkillers from Tarantula Venom
Yale researchers find new hope for safe and novel painkillers from the venom of the Peruvian green velvet tarantula. Screening more than 100 spider toxins,…
US EPA Will Try to Monitor Hormone-Like Substances
The US EPA is initiating a new effort to see whether low doses of hormone-mimicking chemicals can harm human health and whether chemical testing should…
Exposomics Looks to Tie Environmental Exposure to Biological Triggers of Disease
European researchers are going to monitor thousands of people by giving them smartphones, which will record the chemicals to which they are exposed to every…
Cancer-Causing Flame Retardants Remain in Homes Years After Being Banned
Flame retardant chemicals, which are designed to slow household fires from burning through homes, have been found in worrisome quantities in US homes, long after…
Swallows & Homing Pigeons Monitor Environmental Factors
A new study indicates that nesting birds that feed on insects that hatch in lake or stream-bed sediments make good biological monitors for pollution. The…
Blood-Thinning Rodenticide is Killing Birds
Canada and the US have started to restrict the use of rodent poisons based on blood thinners, as new research shows that the toxins accumulate…