Environmental Factor – March 2020: The environment influences brain development, experts say

The NIEHS-funded Center for Human Health and the Environment (CHHE) at North Carolina State University (NCSU) held its fourth annual science symposium, “Interactions Between the

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Environmental Factor – January 2021: Data science may resolve how environment influences disease

Patel, shown at a 2018 NIEHS data science workshop, and his postdoc Chirag Lakhani, Ph.D., built an “exposome data warehouse” to support finding geographical, environmental,

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Environmental Factor – September 2022: NIEHS influences national efforts to understand, solve PFAS problems

As science on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) develops, NIEHS continually plays a substantive role. A group of more than 9,000 manmade chemicals, PFAS have

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Environmental Factor – February 2023: Environmental influences on rheumatoid arthritis explored in lecture

Scientists now know the early stage of rheumatorid arthritis may represent a key window to intervene in the disease process, according to V. Michael Holers,

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Environmental Factor – May 2023: Autism’s gene-environment influences studied by early-career scientist

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) When it comes to understanding the causes of autism, it is

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Environmental Factor – October 2023: Environmental influences on genomic health explored in Windy City

Research into how toxicants may cause DNA damage that accelerates aging, methods to identify early signs of cancer, new scientific tools to better understand gene-environment

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Environmental Factor – January 2024: New paper, interactive tool show research influences public health policies

How can anyone tell if the research they are conducting is making a difference? That is a question staff in the Division of Translational Toxicology

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