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Environmental Factor

Environmental Factor

Your Online Source for NIEHS News

July 2019

Aging and cell stress harm DNA in similar ways
Paul Doetsch, Ph.D., NIEHS Deputy Scientific Director

Mutational signatures could serve as biomarkers for exposure to environmental oxidants or increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases.
Giant ocean viruses make unique, important enzymes
Screenshot of giant viruses tupanvirus

Cytochrome P450 enzymes play crucial roles in animals, so discovering previously unknown forms of them opens up new possibilities.
Intramural papers of the month /2019/7/papers/dir/index.htm DIR
Extramural papers of the month /2019/7/papers/dert/index.htm dert

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