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Environmental Factor

Environmental Factor

Your Online Source for NIEHS News

July 2016

New research centers connect environment and children’s health
Kimberly Gray

A new phase of Children’s Centers will study the unique vulnerability of children to pollutants in the environment.
So-called junk DNA is integral to the epigenome
Ting Wang, Ph.D.

Ting Wang, Ph.D., discussed the role of transposable elements in gene regulation and the evolution of the epigenome, in a June 7 seminar.

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NIH launches large study of pregnant women and Zika
Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D.

NIEHS is joining a National Institutes of Health study of risks that Zika infection poses to pregnant women, their fetuses, and infants.
NTP board advises on study nominations and more
Scott Masten, Ph.D.

At the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors June meeting, Scott Masten, Ph.D., reviewed nominations, setting the stage for discussion of new studies.
NIEHS promotes innovative science at Epidemiology Congress of the Americas
Collman, Strickland, Buckley, Chen, Claus Henn, Dilworth, and Joubert

NIEHS promoted novel statistical applications and grant writing resources at the Epidemiology Congress of the Americas meeting in Miami.

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Plan to replace animal use shared at public forum
Casey Warren

Efforts to develop a U.S. roadmap for replacement of animal use were highlighted at a May 25 public forum.

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