Summarize this content to 1000 words More than 300 people registered to attend the Oct. 8 webinar “Self-advocacy Starts With You: Breast Cancer 101,” the first in a new Women’s Health Awareness Virtual Series: “RealTalk with the Experts” (see sidebar). As COVID-19 grew to a global pandemic. NIEHS and its co-sponsors developed alternatives to the successful annual NIEHS Women’s Health Awareness Women’s Wellness Conference(https://tools.niehs.nih.gov/conference/womenshealth_2020/). On April 3, just one day
Summarize this content to 1000 words Woychik was appointed NIEHS director in June. He also leads the National Toxicology Program, housed at the institute’s campus in North Carolina. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) On Sept. 21, NIEHS stood with government agencies around the country to usher in the 2020 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), a national charity effort led by federal employees to support Americans in need. “The NIEHS family has
Summarize this content to 1000 words IntramuralBy Nicholas Alagna, Mimi Huang, Sanya Mehta, Arif Rahman, Dahea You New NTP 5-day assay speeds toxicity screening of chemicals NTP scientists evaluated a high-throughput transcriptomics approach using liver and kidney tissue from five-day assays in male rats to estimate the toxicological potency of chemicals. Toxicity and carcinogenicity are typically assessed by the resource intensive two-year cancer bioassay. In the five-day assays, the authors
Summarize this content to 1000 words Mitochondria are typically known as the energy powerhouse of the cell, but a new study by NIEHS researchers suggests these little organelles do more than provide fuel. They can drive alterations in the epigenome, which is the assortment of chemical tags on DNA that affect how genes are turned on or off. Santos, a molecular geneticist by training, is an expert in mitochondria and
Summarize this content to 1000 words Microvi Biotechnologies, Inc. received a new kind of grant from the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP), to further enhance and commercialize their technology for converting hazardous compounds in water into less harmful substances. The grant is part of the NIEHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program. Microvi plans to use the funding to improve its manufacturing process. “By enhancing our manufacturing
Summarize this content to 1000 words In environmental health, "report back" refers to the process of reporting research findings back to the individuals and communities involved in a study. This practice is crucial for fostering transparency, building trust, and promoting actionable change. However, debate around how to ethically report back continues to evolve as the research community shifts to engage study participants as full and equal partners.On July 26, NIEHS,
Summarize this content to 1000 words The basic science of uterine fibroids — benign tumors that grow in the uterus and cause an array of health problems — drew researchers from as far away as Spain to a scientific symposium Feb. 28 at NIEHS. Topics ranged from molecular techniques for mapping uterine fibroid cells to the use of green tea extract as a potential treatment. “I was blown away by
Summarize this content to 1000 words Lipids play vital roles in the body, helping to store energy, produce hormones, and make cell membranes. Surprisingly, scientists are still trying to learn how the body maintains appropriate levels of lipids, such as cholesterol, according to Peter Tontonoz, M.D., Ph.D. He spoke Mar. 10 as part of the NIEHS Distinguished Lecture Seminar Series. Tontonoz credited many of the findings he presented to the
Summarize this content to 1000 words Looking to address concerns about the safety of botanicals, NIEHS joined forces with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the nonprofit Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) to form the Botanical Safety Consortium. The new consortium aims to address the lack of data on the safety of botanicals. The consortium, which launched a website in March, will serve as a collaborative forum
Summarize this content to 1000 words “It is truly an honor to be able to serve all of you and to work alongside each of you,” Collins told trainees. “You are the reason that I love working at NIEHS.” (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) NIEHS scientific trainees were celebrated during Fellow Appreciation Week, held online for the first time Sept. 21-25. The institute’s career development events, networking sessions, and fun
