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Investigation of the genotoxicity of substances migrating from polycarbonate replacement baby bottles to identify chemicals of high concern.
Chemicals Agency (ECHA), in silico prediction tools (ToxTree and Derek Nexus(TM)) and the in vitro Vitotox(®) test for detecting DNA damage. By applying the decision tree, substances could be classified into ...
Co-exposure of ELF-magnetic fields and chemical mutagens: An investigation of genotoxicity with the SOS-based VITOTOX test in Salmonella typhimurium.
35, p.31-5 (2016) Keywords: DNA Damage DNA, Bacterial Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation magnetic fields Mutagenicity Tests Mutagens Salmonella typhimurium SOS ...
Genotoxicity and Antigenotoxicity Studies of Traditional Medicinal Plants: How Informative and Accurate are the Results?
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Luc Verschaeve Source: Nat Prod Commun, Volume 10, Issue 8, Number 1493, p.1489-93 (2015) Keywords: Antimutagenic Agents DNA Damage Humans ...
Does exposure type impact differentially over time on the development of mental health disturbances after a technological disaster?
somatization-, depression-, anxiety- and sleeping disturbances for three defined exposure categories: direct witnesses who have seen human damage (SHD), direct witnesses who have not seen human damage (NSHD) and ...
Infectious Bursal Disease: a complex host-pathogen interaction.
the exact cause of clinical disease and death are still poorly understood, as it is not clearly related to the severity of the lesions and the extent of the bursal damage. Recent works however, pointed ...
Antimicrobial resistance in the food chain: a review34030
humans may occur. Under minimal processing or preservation treatment conditions, sublethally damaged or stressed cells can be maintained in the food, inducing antimicrobial resistance build-up and ...
Mild iodine deficiency in pregnancy in Europe and its consequences for cognitive and psychomotor development of children: a review.
be damaging for the neurodevelopment of the foetus. MID during pregnancy may lead to hypothyroxinaemia in the mother and/or elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in the foetus, and these ...
Investigation into the genotoxicity of water extracts from Hypoxis species and a commercially available Hypoxis preparation.
p.350-6 (2013) Keywords: Comet Assay DNA Damage Humans Hypoxis Mutagenicity Tests Mutagens Plant Extracts Abstract: We performed an in vitro evaluation of the genotoxic potential of water extracts from four ...
An appetite for destruction: from self-eating to cell cannibalism as a neuronal survival strategy4382
starvation or by clearing misfolded proteins and damaged organelles and thereby preventing degenerative diseases. Conversely, the autophagic process is also recognized as a cellular death mechanism. The ...
A targeted proteomics method to detect urinary biomarkers of kidney disease
influenced by several non-renal factors such as age, race and muscle mass. An accurate detection of kidney damage is crucial to enable more appropriate therapeutic intervention to potentially improve the ...