Environmental Factor – August 2021: Women’s Health Awareness program launches newsletter website

The NIEHS Women’s Health Awareness (WHA) program debuted its newly redesigned newsletter website July 7, and it’s loaded with important health information, inviting graphics, easy

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: K.C. Donnelly Externship Awards celebrate 10 years

The NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) recently marked the 10th anniversary of the K.C. Donnelly Externship Award Supplement. “Our greatest asset is the new generation

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: Better air quality may lower dementia risk among older women

Improvements in air quality may slow cognitive decline and reduce the risk of dementia in older women in the U.S., according to NIEHS-funded research. The

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: Intramural Papers of the Month

IntramuralBy Kelley Christensen, Ernie Hood, Victoria Placentra, and Janelle Weaver DNTP finds pain relievers do not impair or delay wound healing in mice Researchers from

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: Extramural Papers of the Month

ExtramuralBy Megan Avakian Promising therapy for fatal sickle cell disease complication An NIEHS-funded study in mice showed how chlorine exposure leads to Acute Chest Syndrome

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: Star teachers gain science insights, lesson plans in NIEHS program

“I’m a scientist today because of my high school biology teacher,” said Rick Woychik, Ph.D., director of NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program, to participants

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: New chemical testing approach will help to replace animal use

Companies and governments around the world can now use a new nonanimal approach to identify skin sensitizers. NIEHS researchers and collaborators developed a guideline describing

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: RNA modifications in skin cancer focus of Keystone Lecture

The latest Keystone Science Lecture Series featured Yu-Ying He, Ph.D., professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and an expert in a relatively new

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: Genetics holds key to making research more relevant to humans

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) Humans are each unique in their biological makeup, and that presents

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: Scientific partnership advances research on aging and environment

How do environmental exposures, particularly those stemming from disasters, contribute to accelerated aging? That is the complex question to be addressed by investigators in this

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