May is Asthma Awareness Month and NIEHS highlights research
May is a good time to highlight NIEHS support for research on asthma causes, triggers, and interventions.
NIEHS played a vital role developing a scientific assessment of the impacts of climate change on human health in the United States.
Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., discussed the challenges of studying direct effects of temperature, and impacts on different populations.
NIEHS scientists found metals levels in brain fluid do not represent frontal cortex levels, and samples from Alzheimer’s patients had more iron.
The second Women’s Health Awareness Day educated and inspired nearly 600 women, men, and children, with a focus on environmental health.
NIEHS Oceans and Human Health research program grantees shared findings on algal blooms in oceans and Great Lakes, and marine pollutants.
NIEHS scientists reported a mechanism that may reduce neurodegenerative disorders, involving NRF2 and tau, a brain molecule.
NTP predoctoral trainee Dierdre Tucker received three awards for her studies on health effects of alternatives to bisphenol A.
Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D., described the many biological roles of osteocalcin, a bone protein, in the April NIEHS Distinguished Lecture.
Mouse brain cells exposed to certain fungicides showed gene expression changes similar to those in autism and Alzheimer’s disease, say NIEHS grantees.
The Superfund Research Program co-sponsored a conference in Prague, to highlight promising approaches reducing exposures in the region.
The NIEHS Scholars Connect Spring Symposium recognized the four students completing their year and named one as Outstanding NSCP Scholar.
The new warehouse is projected to generate more power than it uses and will provide an added measure of security.
Three NIEHS labs hosted Richard Santen, M.D., who discussed compounds that may relieve menopause symptoms without promoting breast cancer.
The Genetics and Environmental Mutagenesis Society’s spring meeting took a new approach, focusing on outreach and communicating science.
In 21 years of partnership, NIEHS and the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research have served more than 700 educators.
NIEHS celebrated Earth Day for a whole week, with a theme, “Then, Now, and Next,” inspired by NIEHS anniversary observances.
National Toxicology Program advisers gave scientific input on the bacteria Helicobacter pylori, and certain water disinfection by-products.
Andrea Hevener, Ph.D., discussed the critical role of estradiol and estrogen receptor alpha for proper metabolic function in men and women.
Vasili Vasiliou, Ph.D., shared his vision for the future of the Yale Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
- New resource for studying developing mouse vasculature
- X-ray structure characterizes disease-causing factor in Streptococcus pyogenes
- The TTP family protein ZFP36L3 influences placental gene expression and iron uptake
- GATA3 directs chromatin remodeling during MET
- The correct interpretation of lipid peroxidation biomarkers as oxidative stress in vivo
