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Environmental Factor

Environmental Factor

Your Online Source for NIEHS News

July 2020

Scott Williams, Ph.D.
DNA repair discovery holds promise for precision cancer therapy

NIEHS and Canadian scientists discover that cancer cells with mutated BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes died when they lacked a protein called APE2.

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Nearness to oil and gas wells linked with low birth weight

NIEHS-funded researchers find that pregnant women who lived close to wells in rural areas were more likely to have smaller babies.
Catherine Wise's pet dog
Canine companions shed light on chemicals and disease

NIEHS grantees study pet dogs to better understand how human exposure to everyday chemicals may lead to cancer and other conditions.

Jonathan Hofmann, Ph.D.
Certain pesticides linked to kidney cancer in agricultural workers

New findings from the Agricultural Health Study suggest exposure to certain pesticides may increase risk of renal cell carcinoma.
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