Browsing by Subject "toxicology"
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Impacts of Cosmetic Ingredients on Larval Barnacles: A Study & Discussion of How Cosmetic Ingredients Affect Marine Life
(2019-04-24)In recent years, scientists have discovered toxicity of active ingredients in sunscreens to marine life such as coral reefs. While the research findings have brought about significant policy changes in places like Hawaii ... -
Interactions Between Environmental Factors and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Developing Fish: Molecular and Developmental Implications
(2010)Aquatic systems are impacted by a wide variety of natural and anthropogenic stressors. Laboratory studies often focus on impacts of a single stressor, ignoring how these stressors may interact. This dissertation focuses ... -
Later Life Consequences of Developmental Mitochondrial DNA Damage in C. elegans
(2015)Mitochondria are responsible for producing the vast majority of cellular ATP, and are therefore critical to organismal health [1]. They contain thir own genomes (mtDNA) which encode 13 proteins that are all subunits of the ... -
Role of oxidative stress on diesel-enhanced influenza infection in mice
(2010)Numerous studies have shown that air pollutants, including diesel exhaust (DE), reduce host defenses, resulting in decreased resistance to respiratory infections. This study sought to determine if DE exposure could affect ... -
The Influence of Estrogen Signaling on Male Reproduction in Medaka (Oryzias latipes)
(2011)Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are ubiquitous and often act as xenoestrogens with the ability to disrupt estrogen signaling through differential binding to the various estrogen receptors. Exposure to these xenoestrogens ...
