Environmental Factor – December 2022: Cumulative exposures, precision medicine focus of Mayo conference

“Explore the Exposome: The Next Frontier of Individualizing Medicine” was the title of a Mayo Clinic conference that brought together experts from around the world,

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Environmental Factor – May 2023: New technologies connect environmental exposures to DNA damage, cancer

Improved understanding of factors driving DNA damage and repair may offer new clues for personalized disease prevention, according to Bevin Engelward, Sc.D., a biological engineer

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Environmental Factor – June 2023: Exposures affect men’s biological clocks, too

Pilsner’s research highlights the importance of healthy male sperm production for reproductive success, examines transgenerational effects of environmental exposures, and seeks novel biomarkers beyond sperm

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Environmental Factor – July 2023: Grantees report progress to decrease PFAS, arsenic, other exposures

How to address complex environmental health issues related to hazardous contaminants, climate-related disasters, and other concerns headlined a recent NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) webinar

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Environmental Factor – July 2023: Microplastics research: sum of our exposures studied by grantee

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) More than 8 billion metric tons of plastics were produced globally

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Environmental Factor – August 2023: Silicone wristbands track hundreds of unique chemical exposures

With funding from the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) and other NIEHS programs, researchers at the Oregon State University (OSU) SRP Center developed a simple,

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Environmental Factor – August 2023: “All of Us” study plans to add environmental exposures

The All of Us Research Program is planning to integrate environmental exposure data tied to the locations where its study participants live. The unprecedented effort,

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Environmental Factor – September 2023: Diet and exposures in pregnancy: grantee tackles research, messaging

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) Regular readers of this column know that one of my goals

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Environmental Factor – November 2023: Light and dark: underappreciated exposures with big effects on health

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) Light and dark are underappreciated environmental exposures that can affect human

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Environmental Factor – November 2023: Early-life exposures, assisted reproductive technologies can alter gene expression, says Falk lecturer

Environmental factors and assisted reproductive technologies can alter the way genes are expressed in a developing embryo with potentially adverse effects later in life, according

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